Citations:boy scout

Noun

 * 1970 French Politicians and Elections 1951-1969, Philip M. Williams, CUP Archive, p42
 * [...] the democratic camaraderie of the Socialists, and the 'boy scout' air of a group of youthful idealists like the Jeune République [...]
 * 1982 The economist, Volume 284, Economist Newspaper Ltd., p24
 * An independently rich 52-year-old, he is very much a political boy scout, and has flailed the state Republican party as a cloistered "country club".
 * 1982 Anthony Sampson, The changing anatomy of Britain, Random House, p87
 * When he went into parliament at the age of twenty-five he appeared almost a caricature of the boy scout politician, with his hearty style and square jaw, and he was much influenced by his father [...]
 * 1987 Wall Street Journal, October 2
 * But the bottom line is that Simon is running for president as the boy scout who adheres to traditional liberal policies and solutions.
 * 2003 Roger F. S. Kaplan, Conservative socialism: the decline of radicalism and triumph of the Left in France, Transaction Publishers, p91
 * Rocard, whose two marriages had failed during his long years as the left's boy scout, was reported to be living with a psychoanalyst.