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She has also brought her son, Nelson Collingwood Chuff, to live with her; but he is not so much at home as his mamma, going as a day-boy to Merchant
The Book of Snobs 2006
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One thing even a day-boy notices: the drinking fountains only work in the Slytherin-occupied parts of the building.
Dawg's Blawg 2005
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One thing even a day-boy notices: the drinking fountains only work in the Slytherin-occupied parts of the building.
Archive 2005-08-01 2005
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Nor did it help that I was the lone day-boy from the
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From this he passed as a day-boy to the _collège_ of Tours.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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"A weekly boarder is a very different thing from a day-boy," Hallett went on.
Jack of Both Sides The Story of a School War Florence Coombe
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It was only last term that the first day-boy was admitted into Mr. West's establishment.
Jack of Both Sides The Story of a School War Florence Coombe
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Moreover, my existence as a day-boy in London had been so unhappy; that I was prepared to welcome any change, so at most I felt only a vague unease as to the future.
The Ghost Ship Richard Middleton
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Freedham, quite recovered, returned to his day-boy roof among the endless roofs of Kensingtowe
Tell England A Study in a Generation Ernest Raymond 1931
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He was also the father of Jack Bruce, a day-boy on the engineering side.
The White Feather 1928
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