Possessives

• butcher: In 1984 he returned as a butcher's boy, on the day of the sponsored walk.

Converse of object

• kill: In 1876 a number of dilapidated houses in Walsall Street collapsed killing a boy, one Edwin Brown.

Adjective modifier

• teenage: I have a wife and two teenage boys who I have put through hell.

• little: A little boy, hearing us making the inquiry at a shop door, said " Oh!

• young: Two A young boy made his way along a narrow ledge no wider than his foot.

• old: A few years ago a three year old boy called Benny wandered off alone onto an electric railroad line.

• naughty: I should not play with the live site, I've been a very naughty boy and won't do it in future!

• 12-year-old: A disability charity has condemned Alnwick's high school for denying a 12-year-old boy a place at the school.

Modifies a noun

• racer: There's no more speeding for boy racer now He must learn to kill his speed somehow.

• scout: It's picked up by a boy scout who conveys it via the police to Blake.

• doll: Two new, edgy boy dolls, Blake and Brandon will hit the groovy scene this fall.

• toy: Many dads still like their boys to be boys and to play with boys toys.

• brigade: Also the Manley family who ran the Boys Brigade at the chapel on the Square.

• wizard: Whatever you think about the Harry Potter books, no one can deny the influence of J.K. Rowling's series about the boy wizard.

Noun used with modifier

• errand: Educated at a local elementary school, he left at fourteen be become an errand boy.

• baby: The " Junior " factor aside, baby boys are also less apt to be given fanciful names.

• shepherd: Yes, David the shepherd boy, the son of Jesse.

• backroom: Even the Western backroom boys of the period have retired from politics, if not from business.

• backstreet: Backstreet Boys begin a summer headlining tour in mid-July.

• jon: Date November 28, 2003 Name jon boy Email info@3vt.co.uk Location 10 feet under... snow!