kiddie
See also: Kiddie
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editkiddie (plural kiddies)
- (slang, often attributive) A child.
- The kiddie pool was shallow so the children would be safe, which meant it was much warmer than the adult pool.
- C. S. Lewis first made kiddie lit a respectable field of study.
- 1944, H. Lorna Bingham, Tuckonie's Warrior Friend, page 9, column 2:
- Some days later, Dan, Gulunna, and the two kiddies fell in with another tribe which was ruled by Chief Bulla.
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edit- See also Thesaurus:child.
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edita child (hypocorism)
child (hypocorism, as modifier)
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