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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a primary schoolboy" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a boy who is attending primary school, typically aged between 5 and 11 years old.
Example: "The primary schoolboy eagerly raised his hand to answer the teacher's question."
Alternatives: "a grade school boy" or "an elementary school boy".
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The turn of the next decade saw Scotland's historic 1990 victory by 13-7 – the decisive try by Hawick's Tony Stanger, coached as a primary schoolboy by McLaren himself.
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We've a big gap before our next one [a primary schoolboy] so we may be able to manage to help her, then save enough for him.
Consequently, this study aimed to determine cardiovascular and thermoregulatory responses as well as the occurrence of heat-related illness in primary schoolboys during outdoor exercise in their physical education classes under tropical climate.
Table 2 presents the exercise intensity, ear temperature change, cardiovascular responses, hydration status and climatic conditions during outdoor exercise in the physical education class of the primary schoolboys during the first and second semesters.
49 50 Although the results of this study cannot speak for the entire population, it can be concluded that primary schoolboys may exhibit adequate cardiovascular and thermoregulatory responses during outdoor physical activity, with an intensity of 2.5 9 MET and exercise duration of about 30 min, in physical education class under hot and humid conditions of WBGT 28°C 30°C.
A government scientist, a cabdriver, a landscaper, a schoolboy.
Ed Miliband seems a bit of a schoolboy".
It was a staggering run for a schoolboy.
Crawford established a reputation as an outstanding cricketer while still a schoolboy.
As a schoolboy, Vidor was an assistant projectionist in a nickelodeon.
headquarters one day last month like a schoolboy with an extra treat.
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