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单词 shavelings
释义

shaveling

noun

shave·​ling ˈshāv-liŋ How to pronounce shaveling (audio)
1
usually disparaging : a tonsured clergyman : priest
2
: youth, stripling

Synonyms

  • boy
  • boychick
  • boychik
  • boyo [Irish]
  • callant [chiefly Scottish]
  • lad
  • laddie
  • nipper
  • shaver
  • sonny
  • stripling
  • tad
  • youth
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Example Sentences

ever since he was a shaveling, he's wanted to be an airline pilot, just like his dad

Word History

First Known Use

1529, in the meaning defined at sense 1

shavelings

noun

plural of shaveling
as in boys
a male person who has not yet reached adulthood ever since he was a shaveling, he's wanted to be an airline pilot, just like his dad

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • boys
  • kids
  • teenagers
  • boychiks
  • callants
  • adolescents
  • boychicks
  • sonnies
  • shavers
  • striplings
  • toddlers
  • youths
  • lads
  • nippers
  • laddies
  • hobbledehoys
  • tads
  • boyos
  • juveniles
  • youngsters
  • minors
  • moppets
  • kiddies
  • guttersnipes
  • younglings
  • kiddos
  • gamins
  • tweens
  • urchins
  • whippersnappers
  • squirts
  • imps
  • tikes
  • mama's boys
  • tykes
  • schoolboys
  • tots
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