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Definition of Boy wonder
1. Noun. An extremely talented young male person.
Definition of Boy wonder
1. Noun. (informal) A male child prodigy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Boy Wonder
Literary usage of Boy wonder
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Island Song Lyrics Volume 5by Larry W. Jones by Larry W. Jones (2004)
"... under velvet skies Wearing his disguise In paradise I wonder if she strolls
along with joy Singing songs with another island boy Wonder if she remembers ..."
2. That Boy of Yours: Sympathetic Studies of Boyhood by James Samuel Kirtley (1912)
"... A BOY wonder may still be found, here and there, but I am not bringing a charge
to that effect against any boy ..."
3. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1913)
""If he can bat" he says, "why he's the boy wonder of the world." "Don't make no
difference" says the other chap, "whether he can bat or not. ..."
4. The Bookman (1910)
"He, too, was a boy wonder who was born in a little Pennsylvania settlement called
Springfield, in 1738, so that he knew frontier life well. ..."
5. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1874)
"... he resumed ; " but, Val, you have more than ordinary occasion to be upon your
guard." " Why have I more than ordinary occasion ? " said the boy, wonder- ..."
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