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Definition of “Boy Scouts”

Boy Scouts (bɔɪ skaʊts) 

Definitions

noun

  1. (old-fashioned) the worldwide movement founded by Lord Baden-Powell in 1908, now called the Scout Association in the UK and the Boys Scouts of America in the USA, which pursues a programme of activities for boys with the aim of developing character and responsibility

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Definitions

noun

  1. See Scout
  2. (US & Canadian, informal) an apparently virtuous and innocent person

Example Sentences Including 'Boy Scouts'

He had never walked so far in one day, not since a tramping trip in the Catskills with the Brooklyn Boy Scouts many years before.
Mark Mills AMAGANSETT (2004)
He joined the Boy Scouts and even became an assistant group leader.
Edmonton Sun (2003)
I went to England with the Catholic Boy Scouts once in the mid-1970s.
Fergal Keane ALL OF THESE PEOPLE: A Memoir (2005)
It resembles the bow drill that Boy Scouts traditional use to start fires without matches.
New Scientist (2004)
Or did an ASIO background check come up with that unfortunate incident in the Boy Scouts in 1953?
The Australian (2005)
That means any Boy Scouts , Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts or Brownies.
Arthur, Robert Three in One
The US Supreme Court last summer ruled that the Boy Scouts ' national policy banning gay members and leaders was constitutional.
Glasgow Herald (2001)
There were a good many little Brownies, and a few tall Boy Scouts carrying knapsacks, each with a hatchet fastened to his belt.
Arthur, Robert Three in One
We discussed it over coffee and mince pies and also why the neighbouring Boy Scouts ' stall was closed.
Independent (1998)

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