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boy

[boi] / bɔɪ /


NOUN
young man
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In John Knowles’s portrait of the boys’ Arcadian lives, World War II seems very far away.

From The Wall Street Journal

The boys have questionable intelligence, but the pure hearts of Golden Retrievers.

From Salon

He said with their support, the boy had overcome his issues and was now grown up and serving in Belize with the Army.

From BBC

Unaware of his age, coaches grouped him with boys five years older.

From BBC

In Nairobi, the boy was permitted to carry his uncle’s toolbox—though it was years before he was allowed to use the tools.

From The Wall Street Journal