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Rover Boy

American  

noun

  1. a courageous and principled person who is somewhat naïve and inexperienced.


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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As the book begins, this global Rover Boy is t�te � t�te with brackish Pierre Laval, who confides: "Money ... is like toilet paper, when you need it you need it bad."

From Time Magazine Archive

Foreign Editor Joe Barnes put in his pet scheme for Rover Boy world coverage.

From Time Magazine Archive

A Yank at Oxford is peopled with an extraordinarily fine cast of British players, but its humor is situational, its dialogue early Rover Boy.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

"Thomas," Malone said, "you are a Rover Boy First-Class."

From Supermind by Janifer, Laurence M.