Webelo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Webelos
Etymology: See Webelos.
Senses: examples: text: Now that he was a Webelo, I couldn't get out of it.
ref: 2005 May 1, Susan Reinhardt, Not Tonight, Honey: Wait 'til I'm A Size 6, Kensington Publishing Corp., →ISBN, page 156:
text: Sixty thousand people paid to watch a Webelo tie a slipknot.
ref: 2007 December 1, Steve Rushin, The Caddie Was a Reindeer: And Other Tales of Extreme Recreation, Open Road + Grove/Atlantic, →ISBN:
text: He is in his last year of grade school, is looking forward to being a Webelo scout and really enjoys bowling. Alyssa is away from home at Washington State University, working very hard to make ends meet, and also studying very hard.
ref: 2008 12, Betty Myers, My Story: The Blessings of My Life, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 285:
text: He could jump right in as a Webelo.” Even before Art said it, everyone who'd ever seen Scot instinctively knew he was a Webelo. Sam judiciously said, “It's an interesting idea, Art.” Art adjusted his neckerchief.
ref: 2010 05, Michael Downing, Breakfast with Scot, ReadHowYouWant.com, →ISBN, page 210:
text: […] I had graduated from being a Cub scout into a Webelo, which was sort of an older version of a Cub scout, but not yet a Boy Scout.
ref: 2011, Justin Bond, Tango: My Childhood, Backwards and in High Heels, Feminist Press at CUNY, →ISBN, page 35:
text: My first was in the Boy Scouts as a webelo candidate. The honor of becoming a webelo scout was a distinct kind of merit badge. It signified that the scout first initiated a request to undergo a rather scary test. I was eleven years old.
ref: 2012 November 19, Robert Colacurcio PhD, Real Presence: a Method for Finding God in All Things, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 10:
text: One of my sons was a Webelo and one was a Bear Cub. When we had class one of my sons who was not in the class watched Missy and kept her occupied with coloring books and jumping with the music on the jogger.
ref: 2013 January 27, Rosetta Fairbanks, Learning from an Angel One Day at a Time, Rosetta R. Fairbanks, →ISBN, page 88:
text: “My boy's a Webelo. Why else would I be sleeping in a tent?! There's a reason we started building houses, you know!” They laughed at that, and then thanked me again and left. I repeated my comment to the Cubmaster, and told him[…]
ref: 2014 July 30, Rollie Lawson, A Fresh Start: Book 6, Lulu Press, Inc, →ISBN:
text: At the end of the long drive from the ranch house to the road, Jordan stopped the truck and looked over at her fiancé. “At least promise me you'll only drive in the fields.” “I swear on my honor as a Webelo.” Ian leaned over to kiss her[…]
ref: 2015 May 1, Joanna Sims, A Match Made in Montana, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 129:
text: Somehow my parents got me to agree to go in. But when the movie ended, I refused to leave. I made everyone stay until the beginning of the next show so we could see everything we had missed. I WAS a Cub Scout, then a Webelo,[…]
ref: 2016 April 12, Bruce Eric Kaplan, I Was a Child: A Memoir, Penguin, →ISBN, page 143:
text: "... want me to do something for the Scouts, for any reason, they can dig me up. In most ways, teaching these kids is more important than any other stuff I do.” “And you go camping with these guys? I laughed at that. “My boy's a Webelo."
ref: 2016 April 16, Rollie Lawson, A Fresh Start: Complete, Lulu Press, Inc, →ISBN:
text: He once told a pack of Boy Scouts, “As Saint Paul would tell you, 'When I was a Cub Scout, I spoke and thought as a Cub Scout, but when I became a Webelo, I put away Cub Scout things.'”
ref: 2016 October 18, Jedd Hafer, Todd Hafer, Laugh a Lot: Your Daily Dose of Wholesome Humor, Elevate Publishing, →ISBN, page 306:
text: Being who they were, Bob and Nanette arranged to have Callum outfitted as a Webelo at the Scout store in Pittsburgh, and they footed the bill. Joe took Callum into the city where the store was, and the two of them were treated like[…]
ref: 2018 October 26, Nicole Allen, Mountains and a Mustard Seed: A Family's Journey of Hope, Covenant Books, Inc., →ISBN:
text: Camping out on the mountain always took him to his childhood days when he finally had a chance to become a Webelo Scout. He even surprised himself on being able to recall what Webelo stood for. Thinking about it made him smile.
ref: 2019 February 26, Joe Gonzalez, Exploring Winding Roads and Dusty Trails, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN:
text: I was a Cub Scout, a Webelo Scout, a Boy Scout, and even an Explorer Scout. I have always been one of the good guys. I always play by the rules. I am the cowboy that wears the white hat. I am the knight in shining armor.
ref: 2020 February 20, As Told to Frances Kane, with R.T. Budd, Michael Gunn: The Autobiography of an M-1911 Colt .45 ACP, Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency, →ISBN, page 6:
text: He's an Eagle Scout, while I had quit Cub Scouts years ago as a Webelo. He's the daredevil adventurer. I'm the champion of the high school chess club. I love my brother, but with Nate, it's always a challenge to prove myself somehow.
ref: 2020 October 5, Scare Street, Lewis Brett Smiler, Tim Sturk, Justin Boote, Elin Olausson, Benjamin Gardner, Brian Malachy Quinn, Bradley Walker, Richard Beauchamp, Karl Melton, Faith Pierce, Bill Davidson, Mike Weitz, Michael Maguire, J. M. White, Ron Ripley, Night Terrors Vol. 4: Short Horror Stories Anthology, Scare Street:
text: this rank, and I will next become a Webelo, which is the final rank before moving from Cub Scouts to Boy Scouts. I am really happy for this milestone to be reached because it also means that we will be taking some camping trips.
ref: 2021 April 13, Karl Trommler, A Life Unfolded: A 62 Year Sales Career Viewed From The Inside, Covenant Books, Inc., →ISBN:
glosses: singular of Webelos (“a singular Webelo(s) Scout”)