Rover Boy
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Rover Boy
After the heroes of the Rover Boys series, American children's books by Edward Stratemeyer (1862–1930)
Example Sentences
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Jack Lemmon, as her Rover Boy lover boy, mugs magnificently as he bumbles about his business of trying to make Shirley go straight.
From Time Magazine Archive
Critics may scoff and historians may protest, but Lanny Budd, Upton Sinclair's supercharged Rover Boy, still roves the globe.
From Time Magazine Archive
Foreign Editor Joe Barnes put in his pet scheme for Rover Boy world coverage.
From Time Magazine Archive
Unlike his 1953 visit with youthful Sleuth Roy Cohn, when the two sparked "Go Home" headlines for their plan of "inspecting the BBC," Schine arrived almost unnoticed, seemed oddly quiet about his Rover Boy past.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Thomas," Malone said, "you are a Rover Boy First-Class."
From Supermind by Janifer, Laurence M.
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