Boy Scout
See also: boy scout
English
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Noun
Boy Scout (plural Boy Scouts)
- A male member of the Scout Movement.
- (slang) A person, especially a politician, who is idealistic and naive
- 2003 Alexander Cockburn & Jeffrey St. Clair, Al Gore: a user's manual, Verso, p233
- Gore, of course, has never been a political Boy Scout, least of all when it comes to campaign finance.
- 2004 Paul Alexander, Man of the People: The Life of John McCain, John Wiley and Sons, p167
- When he arrived in Washington, some people thought of him as a Boy Scout, perhaps because he wore his hair in a crew cut.
- 2003 Alexander Cockburn & Jeffrey St. Clair, Al Gore: a user's manual, Verso, p233
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Translations
male member of the Scout Movement
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