Example sentences for: catamite

How can you use “catamite” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The derivative Nancy , although used for girls at least since the time of Queen Anne (d. 1714), is not found for catamite until (says Partridge) about 1810.

  • “In the Queen's Parlor” specifically refers to Hammett's use of gunsel and describes him as meaning it in the “catamite” sense.

  • catamite Neither a light, fun sailboat, nor a small, feline bug, but a young boy used for unnatural purposes.


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