Little Boy


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

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How to use Little Boy in a sentence

  • I heard one of his early records when I was a Little Boy, and it scared me to death.

  • A Little Boy of four was moved to passionate grief at the sight of a dead dog taken from a pond.

    Children's Ways | James Sully
  • A Little Boy aged two years and four months was deprived of a pencil from Thursday to Sunday for scribbling on the wall-paper.

    Children's Ways | James Sully
  • The Little Boy of two, often quoted here, showed a punctilious feeling for order in the placing of things.

    Children's Ways | James Sully
  • 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.

    Children's Ways | James Sully
  • A Little Boy had been quarrelling with his sister named Muriel just before going to bed.

    Children's Ways | James Sully