Definition of Boy Scout in US English:
Boy Scout
nounˈbɔɪ ˈˌskaʊtˈboi ˈˌskout
North American dated 1A member of the Boy Scouts of America or a similar organization of boys.
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- Every Boy Scout has the opportunity to participate in both shared and total leadership situations.
- His chance to be a good Scout came in 1924, when he created his first Boy Scout Calendar.
- A few days later I discovered that my little hero was a Boy Scout.
- North Country's owner has served on several Boy Scout Council and Regional Training Staffs in leadership positions.
- Since then, they have used some variation of the title Boy Scout Handbook.
- The ACLU sued Chicago Public Schools and the department in 1999 for sponsoring Boy Scout activities.
- He had attempted to build a nuclear reactor in his mother's shed following a Boy Scout merit-badge project.
- Several former Boy Scouts have responded to point out that this is not actually a merit badge; the MPAA materials simply refer to it as a ‘patch.’
- John was also a member of Troop 68 when I was a Boy Scout.
- You can go on and earn another emblem as a Boy Scout.
- 1.1 An honest, friendly, and typically naive man.
stop acting like such a boy scout
as modifier his trademark Boy Scout smile
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- One of the worst aspects of the UK being in the EU project, is that our government and especially, civil service, pursue the EU agenda with a naive enthusiasm and boy scout honesty.
- We faced our challenges with a boy scout smile, we did countless good turns during the weekend.
- The biggest misconception about Ken is that he's an overly noble, naive "boy scout," when nothing could be further from the truth.