boylike
Example Sentences
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Its lure is the image of girls kicking ass, being boylike.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Noel, boylike, unmindful of the justice of the little sutler's complaints, was greatly angered at the treachery of his comrade.
From The Young Sharpshooter at Antietam by Everett T. (Everett Titsworth) Tomlinson
Jack, boylike, had forgotten all about Mrs. Parker's news.
From Harper's Round Table, July 9, 1895 by Various
In spite of the Parson's experienced advice on my first trips, boylike, I ladened myself with blanket roll, cooking utensils and an unnecessary amount of food.
From A Mountain Boyhood by Enos B. (Enos Benjamin) Comstock
While almost everything was novel and strange to them, they were most interested in the heavy dog-whips, and, boylike, must try their hands in wielding them.
From Winter Adventures of Three Boys by J. E. Laughlin