1
: of, relating to, or characteristic of a schoolboy
schoolboy pranks
2
: of, relating to, or being a sport for high school or prep school boys
also
: being one who participates in such sports
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Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
Yet in Allerton’s presence, Lee becomes a charmer who seems as guileless as a stammering schoolboy.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 13 Dec. 2024
Denzel didn’t just laugh at every joke; the sound coming from his mouth was more like a schoolboy’s giggle.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 22 Nov. 2024
Day to day, he is treated much like a Victorian schoolboy, subject to petty humiliations and punishments.
—Andrew Moravcsik, Foreign Affairs, 14 Apr. 2020
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Noun
As an introverted schoolboy in Reading, England—his family had moved there from Belfast—Branagh wrote to his actor heroes, combing through old theatre magazines and charting their rise from tiny parts at the Royal Shakespeare Company to later triumphs.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
Yet in Allerton’s presence, Lee becomes a charmer who seems as guileless as a stammering schoolboy.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 13 Dec. 2024
Denzel didn’t just laugh at every joke; the sound coming from his mouth was more like a schoolboy’s giggle.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 22 Nov. 2024
Day to day, he is treated much like a Victorian schoolboy, subject to petty humiliations and punishments.
—Andrew Moravcsik, Foreign Affairs, 14 Apr. 2020
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“Schoolboy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schoolboy. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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