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1. Akela, n. View full entry 1924
...(The title of) the adult leader of a pack of Cub Scouts....
2. beaver, n.1 View full entry 1975
...Beaver, a member of the youngest section of the Scout movement, consisting of groups (Colonies) for six- (Canad. five-) to seven-year old boys affiliated to the Scout Association and...
3. bob, n.8 View full entry 1823
...Phrases. bob a job: the slogan of the Boy Scout organization in an annual effort to raise money for funds by doing jobs, orig. at a shilling a time; also...
4. Boy Scout, n. View full entry 1908
...A member of a youth organization (known in the United Kingdom as the Scout Association and in the United States as Boy Scouts of America) founded for boys in 1908 by Lord...
5. Boy Scout, n. View full entry 1918
...A person who resembles a Boy Scout, esp. as regards his or her honesty, helpfulness, or supposed inexperience....
6. Boy Scoutism in Boy Scout, n. View full entry 1928
...the activity or attitude of a Boy Scout; also fig....
7. Boy Scoutish in Boy Scout, n. View full entry 1933
...characteristic of a Boy Scout....
8. Brown Owl in brown, adj. View full entry 1918
...(the name given to) the adult leader of a Brownie Guides pack....
9. brown owl, n. View full entry
...In the Brownie movement: (see owl2b)....
10. captain, n. View full entry 1909
...The adult leader of a company of Girl Guides....
11. company, n. View full entry 1909
...A local unit of the (Girl) Guide movement; equivalent to the Scouts' troop....
12. cub, n.1 View full entry 1922
...Cub, a junior member of the Scout Association (see scout2c). In full Cub Scout, (formerly) Wolf Cub....
13. den, n.1 View full entry 1930
...A local meeting-place for Cub Scouts; hence (now the usual sense), a small subdivision of a Cub Scout pack. U.S....
14. den mother in den, n.1 View full entry 1936
...the woman leader of a den of Cub Scouts; also transf....
15. gang show in gang, n. View full entry 1934
...a revue performed by members of the Boy Scout or Girl Guide Movement, the first of which was written and produced by Ralph Reader in 1932....
16. Girl Guide, n. View full entry 1909
...A member of any of the national guiding organizations (e.g. Girlguiding UK, formerly the (Girl) Guides Association) formed as a counterpart to the Scouts Association and providing activities and challenges for girls...
17. Girl Scout, n. View full entry 1909
...A girl belonging to the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A., an American organization corresponding to Girlguiding UK (formerly the Guides Association: see guide2d). Also in later use in the...
18. Girl Scouting, n. View full entry 1911
...The Girl Scout movement; the activities involved in being a Girl Scout....
19. good, adj., adv., and n. View full entry 971
...of conduct, life, actions, words, feelings, etc. good deed: spec., an act of service for others. (Adapted from the Scout Law 3.)...
20. guide, n. View full entry 1909
...(Usu. with capital initial.) A girl aged between about 10 and 16 who is a member of the Guides Association, formerly known as the Girl Guides Association, an organization of girls corresponding...
