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bairn
a child: son or daughter
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buster
a robust child
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changeling
a child secretly exchanged for another in infancy
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child prodigy, infant prodigy, wonder child
a prodigy whose talents are recognized at an early age
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foster child, foster-child, fosterling
a child who is raised by foster parents
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imp, monkey, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag, scamp
one who is playfully mischievous
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kiddy
a young child
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orphan
a child who has lost both parents
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peanut
a young child who is small for his age
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picaninny, piccaninny, pickaninny
(ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child
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poster child
a child afflicted by some disease or deformity whose picture is used on posters to raise money for charitable purposes
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kindergartener, kindergartner, preschooler
a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten
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silly
a word used for misbehaving children
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sprog
a child
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bambino, toddler, tot, yearling
a young child
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urchin
poor and often mischievous city child
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street child, waif
a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned
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foster daughter, foster-daughter
someone who is raised as a daughter although not related by birth
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foster son, foster-son
someone who is raised as a son although not related by birth
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poster boy
a male poster child
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poster girl
a female poster child
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ragamuffin, tatterdemalion
a dirty shabbily clothed urchin
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guttersnipe, street urchin
a child who spends most of his time in the streets especially in slum areas
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brat, holy terror, little terror, terror
a very troublesome child
