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youngblood

noun
young·​blood | \ˈyəŋ-ˌbləd \

Definition of youngblood 

1 : a young inexperienced person especially : one who is newly prominent in a field of endeavor jazz youngbloods

2 : a young African American male

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 The commercial, featuring Irving as a formerly great basketball player who, summoned from the sideline, astounds skeptical youngbloods with his smooth moves, quickly went viral. — Mark Shanahan, BostonGlobe.com, "Pick and role: Kyrie Irving takes his talents to the big screen," 21 June 2018

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1602, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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