Boy Scouts
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1.8
- noun
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movimiento scout
- I used to come up here and camp with the Boy Scouts near here when I was little.
- Boy Scouts of America
the United States has no better citizens than its Boy Scouts.
- the United States has no better citizens than its Boy Scouts.
- So if you go to a tenement project in the Bronx, I was part of the boys Boy Scouts and we went took some kids camping.
- So if I remember correctly, Lynn was in the Brownies and Girl Scouts and Steve was in the Boy Scouts, but I wasn't in either.
- You may have noticed in the advertisement for this panel a picture of Polly Murray in a Boy Scout uniform.
- I was in Cub Scouts, and if you don't know about Cub Scouts, it's sort of like the junior thing for the Boy Scouts.
- So I think the last big conversation about it was when the Boy Scouts became open to all sexes instead of just being the Boy Scouts.
- I, I see the Boy Scout going, you know, sidling over to the Girl Scout table and I can tell he's thinking about stealing the Girl Scout cookies.
- The Boy Scouts, I mean, they're the Boy Scouts hid child molesters forever.
- I mean, like the Catholic Church, Penn State, you know, Boy Scouts, money, property and prestige.
- OK, activate the chip, he said What to the Boy Scouts?
- Fucking God has to be a Navy SEAL, not to go be a fucking, you know, Boy Scout or some shit, a Navy SEAL.
Examples
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The motto of the Boy Scouts, as you know, is "Be Prepared."
Academic text (2007) -
There is only one such group in the United States: the Boy Scouts of America.
Academic text (1998) -
I was in the Boy Scouts.
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I learned it in the Boy Scouts.
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Ahead of the July announcement, the Boy Scouts had come under increasing pressure to change the policy.
Blog text (13) -
I was a Cub Scout leader and a Boy Scout leader.
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I have recently earned my Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America and joined the Peace Corps.
Academic text (2007) -
There are free tours every Wednesday managed alternately by the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts.
Academic text (2003) -
I participated in many camping trips with the Boy Scouts during my childhood.
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The Boy Scouts teach young boys important skills like leadership and teamwork.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from the constituents: 'boy' (male child) + 'Scout' (member of a scouting organization) clearly indicates scouts who are boys, i.e. a youth scouting organization for boys. Although it is a proper-name for a specific organization, the noun-noun composition is transparent and has clear cross-linguistic equivalents, so a B1 learner who knows the parts can infer the meaning.
Etymology
Boy Scouts began in England as a movement to teach young boys outdoor skills, teamwork and helping others through camping. A scout is someone who explores and looks out for the group, so the image of uniforms, badges and camping explains why Boy Scouts today means a youth group that teaches outdoor skills and 'good citizenship'.