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- noun Plural form of
juvenal .
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Examples
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I had, I grant you, a few score of acquaintances whom I taught to play at dice; paltry young blades of the City, very unfledged juvenals!
The Line of Love Dizain des Mariages James Branch Cabell 1918
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It doth seem but yesterday that we supped under this very roof as juvenals.
A Brother To Dragons and Other Old-time Tales Am��lie Rives 1904
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And by now we were resolved to address him, but again we were diverted from our purpose, for there came by a little company of merrymakers, youths and maidens, that were making sport as is fit for such juvenals in that season of felicity which is named May-day.
The God of Love 1898
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Guido's side, advanced a little nearer to the girl, who did not descend from her chair, but sat still in her chariot as if waiting for his coming, and the little crowd of juvenals about her fluttered aside before his resolute advance, and I thought even then how strong his young face looked, and how purposeful, for all his youth, that grim nose of his and the steady eyes above it, in contrast with the pink-and-white prettiness of the many slim lads that were the Queen of Beauty's satellites.
The God of Love 1898
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