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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Escobedo, a childhood friend of the ABC late-night host, died Tuesday morning.
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Peter White, Deadline, 11 Nov. 2025
Kim Byers will never forget the strange contractor who walked into her job and later murdered her childhood friend.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 8 Nov. 2025
That’s significant because Quantus had previously sent at least $69 million to firms linked to Putin’s close childhood friend, cellist Sergei Roldugin, from 2008 to 2010.
—Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
DePodesta was born in Alexandria, Virginia, and was a childhood friend and youth soccer teammate of Thad Levine, the former general manager of the Minnesota Twins.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2025
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Peter White, Deadline, 11 Nov. 2025
Kim Byers will never forget the strange contractor who walked into her job and later murdered her childhood friend.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 8 Nov. 2025
That’s significant because Quantus had previously sent at least $69 million to firms linked to Putin’s close childhood friend, cellist Sergei Roldugin, from 2008 to 2010.
—Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
DePodesta was born in Alexandria, Virginia, and was a childhood friend and youth soccer teammate of Thad Levine, the former general manager of the Minnesota Twins.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2025
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“Childhood friend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/childhood%20friend. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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