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preteen, preteenager
a preadolescent boy or girl (usually between 9 and 12 years of age)
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adolescent, stripling, teen, teenager
a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity
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child, fry, kid, minor, nestling, nipper, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, youngster
a young person of either sex
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ingenue
an artless innocent young girl (especially as portrayed on the stage)
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spring chicken, young person, younker, youth
a young person (especially a young man or boy)
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bairn
a child: son or daughter
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blade
a dashing young man
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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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chebab
a Palestinian juvenile 10-15 years old who fights against the Israelis
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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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hobbledehoy
an awkward bad-mannered adolescent boy
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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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mod
a British teenager or young adult in the 1960s; noted for their clothes consciousness and opposition to the rockers
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orphan
a child who has lost both parents
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pachuco
a Mexican-American teenager who belongs to a neighborhood gang and who dresses in showy clothes
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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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punk, punk rocker
a teenager or young adult who is a performer (or enthusiast) of punk rock and a member of the punk youth subculture
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pup, puppy
an inexperienced young person
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rocker
a teenager or young adult in the 1960s who wore leather jackets and rode motorcycles
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pupil, school-age child, schoolchild
a young person attending school (up through senior high school)
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silly
a word used for misbehaving children
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slip
a young and slender person
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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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young buck, young man
a teenager or a young adult male
