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Definition of Choirboys
1. choirboy [n] - See also: choirboy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Choirboys
Literary usage of Choirboys
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Music Review and Church Music Review by American Guild of Organists (1906)
"HAT choirboys suffer "mentally, morally and physically" from sermons ... Long ones
have spiritually killed thousands of choirboys, and millions of adults. ..."
2. The Cambridge History of English Literature by Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller (1910)
"The presence, later, of choirboys in the miracle-plays and their ... «Lyly, as
the chief of those who, at one time or another, wrote for choirboys, ..."
3. A Spanish Holiday by Charles Marriott (1908)
"Evidently choirboys are the same all the world over. Three canons, two choir-boys,
and a young sacristan marched with us to the chapel of San Juan in the ..."
4. A Handbook of Examinations in Music Containing 650 Questions: With Answers by Ernest Alfred Dicks (1906)
"What are the most conspicuous faults usually noticeable in imperfectly trained
choirboys ? 589.—What position is considered best for choirboys to adopt ..."
5. Mr Brouard's Odyssey by Diana Winsor (2004)
"Level sun was white on its Portland stone. There were polished pews, sideways on
to the aisle, and white-robed choirboys, ..."
6. Occult Crime: A Law Enforcement Primer by Diane Publishing Co (1993)
"A long litany of blasphemies and insults to Christ is read out, with choirboys
singing the responses. The drugged congregation howls and rolls on the floor. ..."
7. A Memorial of Three True Lives by Ralph Moore Harper (1919)
"In speaking of his two former choirboys, Mark and Lincoln, Mr. Anshelm said: "
Mark Rowe, whose loss I felt — impossible for me to say how much — was ..."
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