principal boy
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The queen's "Bond-girl" acting role, for example, can be traced to Elizabeth's little-known teenage penchant for amateur theatricals at Windsor Castle, when she apparently used to play the principal boy.
From Reuters ● Jul. 29, 2012
No more caustic Greek epics, translated from the original "by Homer," no more boisterous interludes with three-bottle Prime Ministers appearing in the part of principal boy, come from his pen.
From Henry Fielding: a Memoir by Godden, G. M.
Here she was the inevitable principal boy of the burlesques.
From The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama by Filon, Augustin
The "principal boy" had just skipped on to the stage.
From A Christmas Garland by Beerbohm, Max, Sir
And the dresses are a revolt against the stuffy tradition that made Rosalind a sort of principal boy….
From Penny Plain by Douglas, O.
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