Meanings
plural snowboys
- A visual representation of a boy made from snow; a childlike snowman.
He made a little snowboy.
1977, Donna Lugg Pape, Snowman for Sale, Champaign, Ill.: Garrard Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 113 more examples
The snowman looked a little anxious, Jimmieboy thought, but he supposed this was because the littlest snow[-]boy had overheated himself at his play and had come in minus two fingers and an ear.
1893, John Kendrick Bangs, “Jimmieboy’s Snowman”, in Half-Hours with Jimmieboy, New York, N.Y.: R. H. Russell & Son, page 82Danny’s snowboy sported a pair of earmuffs that she thought had been permanently lost.
2008, Roxann Delaney, Family by Design, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 144The snowboy’s arms were twigs, and to keep his head warm, Junior made a sailor’s hat from a piece of newspaper.
2011, Katia Lief, Soul Catcher, →ISBN
Origin
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