snowboy

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English

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Etymology

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From snow +‎ boy.

Noun

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snowboy (plural snowboys)

  1. A visual representation of a boy made from snow.
    • 1893, John Kendrick Bangs, “Jimmieboy’s Snowman”, in Half-Hours with Jimmieboy, New York, N.Y.: R. H. Russell & Son, page 82:
      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.
    • 1977, Donna Lugg Pape, Snowman for Sale, Champaign, Ill.: Garrard Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 11:
      He made a little snowboy.
    • 2008, Roxann Delaney, Family by Design, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 144:
      Danny’s snowboy sported a pair of earmuffs that she thought had been permanently lost.
    • 2011, Katia Lief, Soul Catcher, →ISBN:
      The snowboy’s arms were twigs, and to keep his head warm, Junior made a sailor’s hat from a piece of newspaper.