Little Boy

noun

1. the code name for the uranium-fueled atomic bomb dropped by the U.S. on Hiroshima in 1945.

Example Sentences

Furman, who rode alongside Little Boy’s uranium ore across an ocean, was part of the Alsos Mission.

From Washington Post

One image in the film also stuck in my craw: a shot of a little boy in the audience holding up his white stuffed unicorn.

From The Daily Beast

“She told me, ‘When your dad dies you will suffer a lot,’” the little boy told Ferreira.

From The Daily Beast

He gracefully lifts a little boy in the air and poses for a picture.

From The Daily Beast

So they let the little boy run away from home; then they didn't go look for him.

From The Daily Beast

I heard one of his early records when I was a little boy, and it scared me to death.

From The Daily Beast

A little boy of four was moved to passionate grief at the sight of a dead dog taken from a pond.

From Project Gutenberg

A little boy aged two years and four months was deprived of a pencil from Thursday to Sunday for scribbling on the wall-paper.

From Project Gutenberg

The little boy of two, often quoted here, showed a punctilious feeling for order in the placing of things.

From Project Gutenberg

A little boy of two years and one month was once asked to give a lot of old toys to the children of the gardener.

From Project Gutenberg

A little boy had been quarrelling with his sister named Muriel just before going to bed.

From Project Gutenberg