I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Boy Scout
Cub Scout
Girl Scout
talent scout
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
boy
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Even a slight anecdote of her as a sixteen-year-old girl guide being seduced in a tent by a boy scout is illustrated.
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I hold my hands over the cooker like I was a boy scout crouched over a camp-fire.
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By that reckoning the provos must be on a par with the boy scouts or the girl guides!
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I first recall the line in 1959 when as a young boy scout I was taken to camp at Pont-y-Pant.
cub
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He had often watched the cub scouts playing rounders on the beach.
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I've no interest in cub scouts .
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There was the red-haired cub scout who liked talking about his badges.
girl
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She was a girl scout who went to her senior prom with her first boyfriend.
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Artemis becomes a kind of girl scout roughing it in the woods.
talent
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A talent scout heard him sing - actually it was at that performance at the Hall.
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With Simmons handling business matters, Rubin acted as talent scout -- and what talent he found!
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It was during one of these that he was spotted by a talent scout and signed up by Warner Brothers.
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As a bandleader, songwriter, and talent scout , Otis was a real force in the Los Angeles scene.
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We check this information with our talent scouts .
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Krause has always fancied himself a keen talent scout first.
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We need these people to be our filters and talent scouts , going out to gigs and finding new bands.
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Wilson's reputation as a talent scout ensured that she was not out in the cold for long.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the Cub Scouts
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Davis caught the attention of NBA scouts a few years ago.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But the scouts were very aware that the fear of war was never far from their minds.
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But the decision seems to be a hit with the scouts.
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First came the scouts, clever, graceful, quiet.
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He was killed in the assault soon after, but the information he had gained as a scout led to victory.
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I've no interest in cub scouts.
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The Spotted Tail scouts quickly overtook him.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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In the morning, he set out to scout the surrounding countryside.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And I was scouting around vaguely aware that, in fact, I'd actually located it.
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But there are still some available if you're prepared to scout round.
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Each day now Phagu went scouting in the jeep, Kamesh driving, he and I perched up on the luggage rack.
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Hidden in the Playboy interview, almost subliminally, is a scouting report, reviewing Shaq in every possible field.
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It transpired that he had been scouting at the Festival.
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It was dark by the time he hit Prospect and started scouting around for parking.
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The day drew on, and Tagan scouted ahead to look for a possible camping site.
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They go through an intelligence test and an array of interviews at the scouting combine in February.