choirboy
See also: choir boy
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editchoirboy (plural choirboys)
- A boy chorister.
- Coordinate term: choirgirl
- (figurative) A piously innocent person.
- 2004, Pierre Hazan, Justice in a Time of War, page 108:
- Kordic is no choirboy. The tribunal has accused him of crimes against humanity for helping to orchestrate a massive campaign of persecution against Muslims in the Lasva valley in central Bosnia.
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editboy chorister
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piously innocent person
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