youngblood

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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

Examples of youngblood in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web 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, 21 June 2018

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