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boyhood

[boi-hood]

noun

  1. the state or period of being a boy.

    Boyhood is a happy time of life.

  2. boys collectively.

    the boyhood of America.



boyhood

/ ˈɔɪʊ /

noun

  1. the state or time of being a boy

    his boyhood was happy

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • preboyhood noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of boyhood1

First recorded in 1735–45; boy + -hood
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Even if Grealish took a substantial pay cut, a permanent return to boyhood club Villa is unlikely.

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In Chuck years, the film starts when he’s 39 and in his final hours of fading away from brain cancer, rewinds to nine months earlier and then leaps back to his boyhood.

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Cole, who also twice toured with the British and Irish Lions, came through Leicester's academy and has played 340 senior games and won four Premiership titles with his boyhood club.

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This included him famously presenting a segment while wearing only his Leicester City boxer shorts, as he had promised, after his boyhood team won the Premier League in 2016.

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His place in the top flight was assured regardless of what happened in the final, unlike that of his boyhood team.

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