bairnhoodn.
Childhood. Scottish or affected.
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childhoodOE
childheadc1330
bairnheid1393
enfauncec1400
puerice1481
puerility1512
childage1548
childishness1597
leading-string1677
impuberty1785
cap and feather days1822
bairnhooda1835
child-life1841
pupillarity1846
tunic-hood1859
bread-and-butterhood1869
preadolescence1907
latency1910
puerilism1925
a1835 J. Grant in Whistle-Binkie (1843) 5th Ser. 41 The broomy hill, Where we used to stray in bairnhood's day.
1894 R. Ford (title) Ballads of Bairnhood.
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