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Cash Out (ft. Schoolboy Q, PartyNextDoor & D.R.A.M.) 3.
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Cash Out (ft. Schoolboy Q, PartyNextDoor & D.R.A.M.) 3.
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Hey, if schoolboys in England can do it, why shouldn’t a few rap stars?
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The British schoolboys who last week protested their school's ban on shorts by wearing skirts have won their battle.
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A group of British schoolboys have rebelled against their school uniform code by showing up in skirts.
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Arshia is an Iranian asylum seeker who lives in Liverpool and the picture of the schoolboy in the blue and black kit of his club Kingsley United has won a photography award held by Spanish football giants Barcelona.
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In the 1950s and 1960s, Bradley Group Showers marketed its water-saving column showers with posters of topless schoolboys happily soaping down together.
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The saddest of these interviewees is a Palestinian schoolboy of around 10 who cheerfully shares his dream of becoming a martyr in the holy war against Israel, which only underscores the depth of extremist indoctrination on both sides.
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First Known Use of schoolboy
1588
schoolboy
Definition of schoolboy
1 : of, relating to, or characteristic of a schoolboy schoolboy pranks
2 : of, relating to, or being a sport for high school or prep school boys; also : being one who participates in such sports
First Known Use of schoolboy
1645
SCHOOLBOY Defined for English Language Learners
schoolboy
playDefinition of schoolboy for English Language Learners
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: a boy who goes to a school
SCHOOLBOY Defined for Kids
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playDefinition of schoolboy for Students
: a boy who goes to school
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