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pupil age [f. pupil n.1 1 + age n.; app. due to erron. analysis of prec.] The age during which one is a pupil; minority; nonage.
1596Shakes. 1 Hen. IV, ii. iv. 106 Since the old dayes of goodman Adam, to the pupill age of this present twelue a clock at midnight. 1607― Cor. ii. ii. 102 His Pupill age Man-entred thus, he waxed like a Sea. 1631Massinger Emperor East ii. i, Your pupill age is pass'd, and manly actions Are now expected from you. 1817Godwin Mandeville II. 92 You were..prepared at the pupil age of seventeen to play the part of a fox. |