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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Frei plays Amber, Colette’s (Dyer) childhood friend from Delaware who is now an out-of-touch actress who visits the DMV to get her Real ID.
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Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025
Three young people are invited to the home of a childhood friend.
—Neil McRobert, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
In it, Denning's Amy Scott appeared alongside her childhood friend Tim Summers to address their problem with wetting the bed.
—Michael Nied, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
Forward Beckett Sennecke, who was drafted third overall by the Ducks in 2024 and is a childhood friend of Dickinson, debuted for Anaheim on Thursday and scored his first NHL goal in a 3-1 loss to the Seattle Kraken.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 11 Oct. 2025
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Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025
Three young people are invited to the home of a childhood friend.
—Neil McRobert, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
In it, Denning's Amy Scott appeared alongside her childhood friend Tim Summers to address their problem with wetting the bed.
—Michael Nied, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
Forward Beckett Sennecke, who was drafted third overall by the Ducks in 2024 and is a childhood friend of Dickinson, debuted for Anaheim on Thursday and scored his first NHL goal in a 3-1 loss to the Seattle Kraken.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 11 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for childhood friend
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“Childhood friend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/childhood%20friend. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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