Definition of children should be seen and not heard
—used to say that children should be quiet and well-behaved
children should be seen and not heard
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: an unborn or recently born person
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: a female infant
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: a young person especially between infancy and youth
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should
play
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: past tense of shall
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used in auxiliary function to express condition
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used in auxiliary function to express obligation, propriety, or expediency
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seen
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: past participle of see
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