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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Bub Carrington, who is from Baltimore, was a childhood friend and teammate of Whitmore’s, and Carrington may understand Whitmore’s game better than anyone else on the roster.
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Josh Robbins, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Wil, a closeted Chinese-American lesbian, is at the apartment of Vivian, a childhood friend with whom she’s recently reunited in adulthood.
—James Factora, Them., 26 Sep. 2025
In a phone interview, Charlotte said her son started making home movies in the third grade with childhood friend, Doug Balcer.
—Angelika Ytuarte, jsonline.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Born during the Great Depression to cotton farmers outside of Meadow, Texas, Curtis was a childhood friend of Buddy Holly’s and an active musician in the formative years of rock, whether jamming on guitar with Holly in the mid-1950s or opening for Elvis Presley when Elvis was still a regional act.
—Hillel Italie, Twin Cities, 22 Sep. 2025
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Josh Robbins, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Wil, a closeted Chinese-American lesbian, is at the apartment of Vivian, a childhood friend with whom she’s recently reunited in adulthood.
—James Factora, Them., 26 Sep. 2025
In a phone interview, Charlotte said her son started making home movies in the third grade with childhood friend, Doug Balcer.
—Angelika Ytuarte, jsonline.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Born during the Great Depression to cotton farmers outside of Meadow, Texas, Curtis was a childhood friend of Buddy Holly’s and an active musician in the formative years of rock, whether jamming on guitar with Holly in the mid-1950s or opening for Elvis Presley when Elvis was still a regional act.
—Hillel Italie, Twin Cities, 22 Sep. 2025
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“Childhood friend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/childhood%20friend. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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