choirboy
[ kwahyuhr-boi ]
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How to use choirboy in a sentence
Bish looked at him like a bishop who has just been contradicted on a point of doctrine by a choirboy.
Four-Day Planet | Henry Beam PiperHe received his first musical education as choirboy in the Prague Cathedral.
The Violoncello and Its History | Wilhelm Joseph von WasielewskiThe rector, assisted by one discreet choirboy, said the mortuary mass.
An Old Maid | Honore de BalzacHe strongly reprimands a choirboy whose wrong notes grate on his delicate ear.
The Story of Switzerland | Lina Hug
British Dictionary definitions for choirboy
choirboy
/ (ˈkwaɪəˌbɔɪ) /
noun
one of a number of young boys who sing the treble part in a church choir
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