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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Meredith’s childhood friend called from their dinner table.
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Gali Kronenberg, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
The best part was being with my oldest, best childhood friend, Kate Hudson.
—Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 3 Mar. 2026
But when her childhood friend Pinky (Amanda Oruh) pops back into her life, Lady’s dormant emotions start to come to the surface.
—Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 2 Mar. 2026
Craig Proctor, the childhood friend who played Dungeons & Dragons with him, told me that Friedmann once showed him architectural floor plans for a citadel that Friedmann’s thief-rogue avatar would oversee.
—James Verini, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
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Gali Kronenberg, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
The best part was being with my oldest, best childhood friend, Kate Hudson.
—Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 3 Mar. 2026
But when her childhood friend Pinky (Amanda Oruh) pops back into her life, Lady’s dormant emotions start to come to the surface.
—Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 2 Mar. 2026
Craig Proctor, the childhood friend who played Dungeons & Dragons with him, told me that Friedmann once showed him architectural floor plans for a citadel that Friedmann’s thief-rogue avatar would oversee.
—James Verini, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
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“Childhood friend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/childhood%20friend. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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