Noun
The state or condition of being a boy; masculinity, boyhood.
Usage- Uncountable
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What is it to be a boy in the scouts? What resources of communication give expression to boyness?
Evelyn Hoskins distils boyness from wide-eyed wonder and swaggering assurance.
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I wished for boyness because the boys did so many things I wanted to do and was excluded from doing because I was a girl.