as in boy
a male person who has not yet reached adulthood
ever since he was a shaveling, he's wanted to be an airline pilot, just like his dad
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Noun
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In the late 1990s and early 2000s, four boys for every one girl was diagnosed with autism.—
Joshua Anbar,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025 -
Prosecutors said Montejano pretended to be a teenage boy on Snapchat, asked the girls to meet him in a public area at the apartment complex before forcing the girls into his apartment.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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The driveway was already full of other cars arriving and various parents and kids taking photos like crazy and squealing.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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They were married in 1968, with Miguel Bezos adopting her young son, and had two more kids, Christina and Mark.—
Vinod Sreeharsha,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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As teenagers, Borges and his older brother Márcio became associated with a group of musicians who gathered at the corner of Rua Divinópolis and Rua Paraisópolis in the neighborhood of Santa Tereza to smoke, hang out, make music.—
Walden Green,
Pitchfork,
3 Nov. 2025
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When the teenagers disappear, the mystery remains unsolved for two decades until Matthew’s sister, Tara Nichols (played by Miranda MacDougall), begins documenting her search for answers.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Shaveling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shaveling. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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