old boy network
Noun
Meaning
an exclusive informal network linking members of a social class or profession or organization in order to provide connections and information and favors (especially in business or politics)
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The old boy network is still very strong and very true. Just look at the stock exchange and how many men and women are there. It is still very much run by men.
Men still get a lot more opportunity. It is still a big part of the old boy network. They have more companies they can get money from.
Inside every working anarchy, there's an Old Boy Network.
My view on politics is much more grassroots oriented; it's not old boy network oriented, so I tend to, you know, come at it a little bit stronger, a little bit more street-wise, if you will. That's rubbed some feathers the wrong way.
professional women have developed an old boy network of their own
He both scorned the idea of "consensus politics" and wanted the Conservative Party to become a modern business-like party, freed from its old aristocratic and "old boy network" associations.