Collegeboy

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A young man who is a student in tertiary education, or one who holds a tertiary degree.

    "Why,you simply can’t imagine the difference between … well,a Russian student for instance and an American collegeboy. O no. It just can’t be conceived. Absolutely impossible. Why,tell me:what does the American collegeboy know?huh? Baseball!"

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"Why,you simply can’t imagine the difference between … well,a Russian student for instance and an American collegeboy. O no. It just can’t be conceived. Absolutely impossible. Why,tell me:what does the American collegeboy know?huh? Baseball!"

Etymology

From college + boy.

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