childhood friend
noun
: a friend that a person had when both of them were children : a friend since childhood
We are childhood friends.
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Sully finds an innocent sort of first love with a childhood friend.
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Anne Kniggendorf, Kansas City Star, 11 May 2025
That level of sensual confidence made Rossdale a standout in the film’s large ensemble cast, which includes Djimon Hounsou, Tilda Swinton, Peter Stormare, and Rossdale’s childhood friend Rachel Weisz.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2025
Samson is sent to Berlin to bring out a double agent, then to Mexico to try to persuade a KGB major to defect, using his childhood friend's wife as bait.
—Paul Vidich, People.com, 2 May 2025
Led by Christian’s childhood friend Justine (she’s played by Allison Robertson; her voice, with its proper British pinkie-up diction, is provided by Alison Wright), these kids make short work of solving every logistical puzzle Christian and Marybeth toss their way.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 24 Apr. 2025
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Anne Kniggendorf, Kansas City Star, 11 May 2025
That level of sensual confidence made Rossdale a standout in the film’s large ensemble cast, which includes Djimon Hounsou, Tilda Swinton, Peter Stormare, and Rossdale’s childhood friend Rachel Weisz.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2025
Samson is sent to Berlin to bring out a double agent, then to Mexico to try to persuade a KGB major to defect, using his childhood friend's wife as bait.
—Paul Vidich, People.com, 2 May 2025
Led by Christian’s childhood friend Justine (she’s played by Allison Robertson; her voice, with its proper British pinkie-up diction, is provided by Alison Wright), these kids make short work of solving every logistical puzzle Christian and Marybeth toss their way.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 24 Apr. 2025
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“Childhood friend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/childhood%20friend. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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