Boys
Young men
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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Nicholas has him raising to life three boys/young men who were killed and placed in a pickling barrel by an innkeeper during a famine.
Source: Inn of No Return - Child Soldiers / Children Forced to Kill: The Militia is in the habit of forcibly enlisting young men and boys.
Source: Literature / Murkmere -
It is to be noted that while men (especially young men or boys) are occasionally abducted and held underground by other men, there are almost no examples of men being trapped underground by women.
Source: Bunker Woman
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