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Meanings of overgrown boy in English

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Usage of overgrown boy in English
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Commodus, like the overgrown boy he was, burst into roars of laughter.
The Unwilling Vestal
2
He laughed, like the great, overgrown boy that he so often showed himself.
On the Firing Line
3
Winter forgotten, spring an overgrown boy, the whole town underwent a subtle change.
Who Cares? A Story of Adolescence
4
Jericho skulked off beside him, looking like an overgrown boy in man's clothes.
Made of honor
5
Why, I thought you were an overgrown boy! she said, bluntly.
Dorothy Dainty's Gay Times
6
In the half-light he looked, indeed, like an overgrown boy.
Dangerous Days
7
He was like an overgrown boy, off at college or in some foreign city.
O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921
8
In his awkward, ungainly walk and unkempt appearance, he was like an overgrown boy.
The Guardian
9
He reminded Belding of an overgrown boy in disappointment.
Desert Gold
10
When I finished reading it, I felt like the overgrown boy who stubbed his toe.
The Man in Gray: A Romance of North and South
11
He was but a big overgrown boy then, and she had just graduated from school.
Under Sealed Orders
12
Some even went so far as to say that the overgrown boy was only sixteen .
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
13
There he will be no great man, but an overgrown boy to be taught and drilled.
Tom Tufton's Travels
14
He looked like a tired, overgrown boy.
K
15
As he passed down the aisle there started up a very ill-favoured, overgrown boy and cried to him:
The Saga of Grettir the Strong: Grettir's Saga
16
She used to do it, when she was a mere child, and you were only an overgrown boy.
Greifenstein
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