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choirboy

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choir⋅boy

  [kwahyuhr-boi]
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–noun
1. a boy who sings in a choir, esp. a church choir.
2. Slang. a person who is notably honest, moral, or innocent.
Origin:
1830–40; choir + boy
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choir·boy   (kwīr'boi')   
n.  

  1. A boy member of a choir.

  2. Informal A morally upright young man: "They're . . . choirboys—clean, scrubbed nothings—so there's no dramatic or psychological preparation for the explosion of killing" (Pauline Kael).

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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