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boyishness
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In the opening stretch, as young Pat fights the power, we’re touched by the actor’s boyishness, still clinging to him at fifty.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025 -
In these moments, his boyishness shined through.—
Audrey Gibbs,
Nashville Tennessean,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Mannishness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mannishness. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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