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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Gqlshare, Orange County Register, 15 Jan. 2025
At Exeter City, he was rejected once before belatedly signing schoolboy forms.
—Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
Playing for Dublin schoolboy clubs Jobstown Celtic, Maryland Boys and Lourdes Celtic, by his early teens clubs in Ireland, England and across Europe were aware of Bradley’s talents.
—Dermot Corrigan, The Athletic, 19 Dec. 2024
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
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Noun
The peewee population interacted with each other in various settings and included bocce bowlers, bare-bottomed peasants, baguette bakers, blind men, the mustachioed mayor, female fishmongers, dunce hat-wearing schoolboys, snail saleswomen, and gobs more characters.
—Gqlshare, Orange County Register, 15 Jan. 2025
At Exeter City, he was rejected once before belatedly signing schoolboy forms.
—Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
Playing for Dublin schoolboy clubs Jobstown Celtic, Maryland Boys and Lourdes Celtic, by his early teens clubs in Ireland, England and across Europe were aware of Bradley’s talents.
—Dermot Corrigan, The Athletic, 19 Dec. 2024
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
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“Schoolboy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schoolboy. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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