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BOYHOOD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The childhood of a boy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("boyhood" is a kind of...):
childhood (the time of person's life when they are a child)
Derivation:
boy (a youthful male person)
Context examples:
It was as if the tranquil sanctuary of my boyhood had been sacked before my face, and its peace and honour given to the winds.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
