单词 | schoolboy way |
释义 | > as lemmasschoolboy way a. General attributive with the sense ‘characteristic of a schoolboy’, ‘of a schoolboy or schoolboys’, as schoolboy slang, schoolboy term, schoolboy trick, schoolboy way, etc. ΚΠ 1724 E. Clark Let. 18 Nov. in J. Owens Plain Papers (1879) 177 If you hereafter continue that affected and school-boy way of writing, and to murder the language in such a manner, you will be discharged for a fool. a1791 F. Grose Olio (1796) 147 My Lord jesting with Harvest on their school-boy tricks. 1829 W. P. Scargill Rank & Talent I. 254 Stating his case clearly..without any of that school-boy slang. 1849 H. Mayo On Truths Pop. Superstit. (1851) 188 I went over preliminarily my schoolboy recollections. 1885 Home Chimes 26 Sept. 266/2 Keith amused her with his shy rough schoolboy ways and strange enthusiasm. a1908 H. C. Hart MS Coll. Ulster Words in M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal (1953) 191/2 Mug, one who applies closely to his books; a schoolboy term. 1962 J. P. Crespelle Fauves 39 A certain schoolboy pretentiousness which came out in a liking for..nicknames. 1980 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 13 July iv. 20 [They] said they meant no harm, that it was all a schoolboy prank. 2009 Canberra Times (Nexis) 3 Aug. a14 The old schoolboy trick of sliding a pin beneath the epidermis..of one's palms without..causing pain or drawing blood. < as lemmas |
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