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  • cub scout
    cub scout
    noun
    a member of the junior division (ages 8–10) of the Boy Scouts.
  • Cub Scout
    Cub Scout
    noun
    a member of a junior branch (for those aged 8–11 years) of the Scout Association

cub scout

American  

noun

  1. (sometimes initial capital letters) a member of the junior division (ages 8–10) of the Boy Scouts.

Cub Scout British  

noun

  1. a member of a junior branch (for those aged 8–11 years) of the Scout Association

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To round up talent, he released Jimmy Hamilton from his job as Cub scout.

From Time Magazine Archive

As a Cub scout 21 years later, he obeyed Owner P. K. Wrigley's orders to buy lame-armed Dizzy Dean at any price, finally landed him for the most improvidently invested $185,000 in baseball history.

From Time Magazine Archive

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