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[ noun ] a youthful male person
Synonyms Examples "the baby was a boy" "she made the boy brush his teeth every night" "most soldiers are only boys in uniform" Used in print (Norman Kent, "The Watercolor Art of Roy M. Mason"...)As a boy Roy_Mason began the long process of extracting the goodness of the out-of-doors , its tang of weather , its change of seasons , its variable moods . (Bern Dibner, "Oerstad and the Discovery of Electro...)The two older boys , Hans and Anders , his junior by a year , therefore went daily to the home of a warm and friendly wigmaker nearby for instruction in German ; his wife taught the two boys to read and write Danish . The two older boys , Hans and Anders , his junior by a year , therefore went daily to the home of a warm and friendly wigmaker nearby for instruction in German ; his wife taught the two boys to read and write Danish . Oldenburg 's contributions were soon exhausted and the boys had to turn_to a wider circle of the town 's learned , such_as the pastor , to supplement the simple teaching . (Sports Age, 24:9...)In 1959 SAAMI 's shooting development program announced a new activity designed to expose thousands of teen-age boys and girls to the healthy fun enjoyed through the participation in the shooting sports . |
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[ noun ] a friendly informal reference to a grown man
Examples "he likes to play golf with the boys" Used in print (The Dallas Morning News,...)`` This is a poor boy 's bill '' , said Chapman . (John Dos Passos, Midcentury....)You would n't have me throw the poor boy out on the street '' , Eileen said when I needled her about it . (Hampton Stone, The Man Who Looked Death...)The ME 's boys had finished their on-the-spot examination and the body had been removed for autopsy . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a male human offspring
Synonyms Examples "their son became a famous judge" "his boy is taller than he is" Used in print (Guy Bolton, The Olympians....)Winter came , and with it Mary 's baby - a boy as she had wished . (Arthur Miller, "The Prophecy," in The Best...)Every few minutes she would awaken for a moment to review things : Stowey , yes , was on his way south , and the two boys were away in school , and nothing was burning on the stove , and Lucretia was coming for dinner and bringing three guests of hers . (Jane Gilmore Rushing, "Against the Moon,"...)There was no room for company in the tiny Weaning_House ( where the Albright boys always took their brides , till they could get a house and a farm of their own ) . Bobby_Joe and the boys would come_by , say `` How 's Granny '' ? and sit on the porch a while . `` She married our baby boy , Bobby_Joe , this summer '' . Related terms |
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