Boys' Own

Boys' Own
Boys' Own
adj BrE
a phrase used to describe men who are doing brave, exciting things, like a ↑hero in an adventure story. The Boys' Own Paper was a boys' magazine sold in the late 19th century and early 20th century in Britain which contained adventure stories
He has been called a swashbuckling Boys' Own hero.
His background is the stuff of boys' own papers.

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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