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Definition of Schoolboy
1. Noun. A boy attending school.
Definition of Schoolboy
1. n. A boy belonging to, or attending, a school.
Definition of Schoolboy
1. Adjective. characteristic of a schoolboy, especially being cheeky, clumsy and socially unaware. ¹
2. Noun. A boy attending school. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Schoolboy
1. [n -BOYS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Schoolboy
Literary usage of Schoolboy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of national biography by Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee (1893)
"... prefixed to the ' Life'). vni. lie looked like a schoolboy all his life, and
retained many of the qualities of a precocious and ill-educated schoolboy. ..."
2. Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, H. Tetu, Wilfrid Philip Ward (1889)
"He loved even in his schoolboy days abstract discussion and reasoning, though
the spirit of Winchester school gave this taste little scope or encouragement. ..."
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