snowboy

English

Etymology

From snow +‎ boy.

Noun

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.