Unboy

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To divest of the traits of a boy. transitive

    "it was now time to unboy him, by putting him into some action and acquaintance of business"

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"it was now time to unboy him, by putting him into some action and acquaintance of business"

Etymology

From un- + boy.

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