boyhood
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- noun
- /ˈbɔɪhʊd/
- He often reminisces about his boyhood adventures spent climbing trees and playing in the neighborhood.
- boyhood memories
- boyhood friends
- boyhood home
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- And So what was it like to experience a sense of boyhood masculinity that I thought I did?
- And it's finally time for me to, you know, let go of my boyhood and, like, hold on to my manhood.
- He reminds me of Kerouac in a way too, that there was in some ways this kind of boyhood joy and playfulness, but also this great sadness and despair.
- And there's some of that to be sure in boyhood.
Examples
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Segregation in the Chicago of my boyhood was not by race alone, especially for Jews.
Academic text (2009) -
But it was mostly fun and it was sort of like a boyhood dream come true.
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Perhaps if we go back over your boyhood again, we can find some mental meeting ground.
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Your boyhood is drawing to an end.
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Boxing was the sport of choice in the Chicago of my early boyhood.
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You decided to settle down to marry your boyhood sweetheart from your hometown.
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Oddly, scenes from his boyhood started to race through his mind.
Fiction book (1998) -
But Scottish versions of the loser's story surrounded his boyhood and wove themselves into its fabric.
Academic text (2003) -
We were his best listeners and eager conspirators in his great boyhood memories.
Fiction book (1990) -
My boyhood days of misery and destitution seemed now like a scarcely believable fiction.
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Etymology
The word boyhood is made of boy and the old ending -hood. The -hood part means 'state' or 'time of life', as in childhood and adulthood, so boyhood is the 'time when someone is a boy'.