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单词 shaveling
释义

shaveling

noun

shave·​ling ˈshāv-liŋ How to pronounce shaveling (audio)
1
usually disparaging : a tonsured clergyman : priest
2
: youth, stripling

Synonyms

  • boy
  • boychick
  • boychik
  • boyo [Irish]
  • callant [chiefly Scottish]
  • lad
  • laddie
  • nipper
  • shaver
  • sonny
  • stripling
  • tad
  • youth
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Example Sentences

ever since he was a shaveling, he's wanted to be an airline pilot, just like his dad

Word History

First Known Use

1529, in the meaning defined at sense 1

shaveling

noun

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • boy
  • kid
  • callant
  • teenager
  • adolescent
  • shaver
  • toddler
  • youth
  • boychick
  • lad
  • stripling
  • nipper
  • sonny
  • boychik
  • laddie
  • juvenile
  • boyo
  • tad
  • minor
  • moppet
  • tween
  • youngling
  • youngster
  • kiddo
  • hobbledehoy
  • squirt
  • guttersnipe
  • kiddie
  • whippersnapper
  • urchin
  • imp
  • kiddy
  • gamin
  • mama's boy
  • tike
  • schoolboy
  • tyke
  • tot
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