drummer boy

collocation in English

meaningsofdrummerandboy

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drummer
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdrʌm.ər/us
/ˈdrʌm.ɚ/
someone who plays a drum or a set of drums, especially in a ...
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boy
noun[C]
uk
/bɔɪ/us
/bɔɪ/
a male child or, more generally, a male of ...
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(Definition ofdrummerandboyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I say again that this man is a bandsman and not adrummerboy.
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This man is a bandsman, not adrummerboy.
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It follows an armydrummerboyand his discharge from the military.
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Originally, the mascot was in the care of adrummerboy, but is now looked after by one of the regiment's drummers and his family.
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Pass those synthesizers to the left, gather around the brass section and the littledrummerboy.
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The sculpture is of an adult soldier and a youngdrummerboy.
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He tagged along anyway and the 22nd eventually adopted him as mascot anddrummerboy.
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The life of adrummerboyappeared rather glamorous and as a result, boys would sometimes run away from home to enlist.
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At the age of 14 he ran away from home and joined the army as adrummerboy.
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Adrummerboybringing food to the lookout saw the invaders and raised the alarm.
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Only a youngdrummerboywas spared.
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This was never explained until centuries later, when people now believe that the roof of the tunnel collapsed and caved in on top of thedrummerboy, whilst drumming along.
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David discovers that the candle thedrummerboyleft behind gives off cold rather than heat and does not burn down.
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It can with truth be said of him that he had not a friend in his command from the smallestdrummerboyto the highest general officer.
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He also wanted to travel with a circus or to be a bugler ordrummerboyin the army or to see the world as a sailor.
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The sole survivor was adrummerboy.
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I understand these are men; but what about your drummer boys?
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There are 21 boys under 18 out there, either as band boys or drummer boys.
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The bell-boy hat is based on a 19th-century military drummer boy's cap.
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