child|hood

child|hood
child|hood «CHYLD hud», noun.
1. the condition of being a child: »

The transition line between infancy and childhood is an arbitrary one, which we have set…at about the time when the child begins to walk and talk (Beals and Hoijer).

2. the time during which one is a child.

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