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The phrase "a boy for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are indicating a purpose or reason related to a boy, such as in a description or a request.
Example: "She was looking for a boy for the school play who could sing and dance well."
Alternatives: "a boy to" or "a boy intended for".
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Be a boy for one minute.
a boy for stealing from my son.
My standard price when a boy for cottontail was 5 cents.
In the third chapter, Granny and her son want to taxidermy a boy for their mantelpiece.
"How can they kill a boy for being an artist?" Mr. Gonell asked.
He left Haiti as a boy for the United States, where he was raised in Brooklyn.
It's a boy for Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Federline, The Associated Press reported, citing entertainment magazines.
A still of a girl (in CBBC's Wolfblood) haranguing a boy for doing something reckless.
I can't remember anyone in my youth ever shaming a boy for how he looked.
And it's not my job to hospitalize a boy for brain damage.
He began playing cricket as a boy for Dutton Forshaw cricket club.
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