schoolboy
noun
schoolboys
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pluralof schoolboy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Like many schoolboys, I idolized Indiana Jones and James Bond for all the usual reasons, not least their double lives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
A lifelong Everton fan, his friends remember Burnham as a competitive, sports-mad child, who was a fast bowler for Lancashire schoolboys cricket team.
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
Director Mohammed Ali Naqvi's pacey documentary tells the real life story of the rescue of Pakistani schoolboys stranded hundreds of feet above a Himalayan valley in a rusting cable car when wires snap.
From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026
Many of them were just schoolboys when the coup occurred in 2021.
From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2025
While we waited for Mnyamani to map out our bottle-stealing itinerary for the day, out of the corner of one eye I saw a group of schoolboys coming down the street, heading in our direction.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
