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单词 boyship
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boyshipn.

Brit. /ˈbɔɪʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈbɔɪˌʃɪp/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: boy n.1, -ship suffix.
Etymology: < boy n.1 + -ship suffix.
Now rare.
With possessive adjective, as a title of mock respect for a boy or young man.
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1602 W. Basse Three Pastoral Elegies ii. sig. D As often as his boyship durst come neere.
1608 J. Day Humour out of Breath sig. C1 Your boyship hath so sought vs, that wee haue found you.
a1635 T. Randolph Poems (1638) 21 Must we then allow Your Boy~ship leave to shoot at whom you please?
1667 R. Head & F. Kirkman Eng. Rogue (rev. ed.) I. iii. 28 He desired me I would admit him into my Boy-ships society.
1902 J. P. Peabody Let. 22 July in Diaries & Lett. (1925) 166 The room where the players must have stood and moved and spoken first before his Boyship.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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