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schoolboy
/ ˈskuːlˌbɔɪ /
noun
- a child attending school Gender-neutral formpupilschoolchild
Other Words From
- schoolboyish adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of schoolboy1
Example Sentences
The eager schoolboy has finally developed into a mature and slightly more melancholy character, akin to the Peters who came before.
The story takes us back to Germany in the late 18th century, and a schoolboy named Carl Friedrich Gauss.
Williamson, who despite being built like an offensive lineman could throw down 360-degree slams on his comically inferior schoolboy competition, emerged as Overtime’s first star.
Earlier this year, the education ministry announced a plan to “cultivate masculinity” in schoolboys, including hiring more gym teachers and promoting sports.
As a schoolboy growing up in New York City in the 1870s, Herman Hollerith often managed to sneak out of the schoolroom just before spelling lessons.
He's starting to sound like a schoolboy with a copy of Penthouse.
“Ice Cube and Schoolboy Q.” Osorio seems dumfounded by the decision.
Wiz Khalifa and Young Jeezy were on the cover; April's issue had Schoolboy Q and Ice Cube.
Robert Rauschenberg is photographed like a schoolboy prankster with his tongue poking out.
He has been an urban homeboy and an American abroad, a Texas schoolboy legend and a college star.
I do not care very much how you censor or select the reading and talking and thinking of the schoolboy or schoolgirl.
He was different from Dick Faversham, who in a frank, schoolboy way had declared his scepticism.
His colleague looks abashed, like a schoolboy caught in a naughty act.
Lechmere slid down the bannisters as a schoolboy might have done; he had an open pocket knife in his teeth.
He even went so far as to attribute the disappearance of the young man to a schoolboy's trick.
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