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- an imaginative animated film that appeals to adults as well as to children
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- kindergartner
- (also kindergartener),
- preschooler,
- rug rat
- [slang],
- schoolboy,
- schoolchild,
- schoolgirl,
- schoolkid
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- wrapped the child in a blanket before taking him outside in the cold
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- widespread stress is the child of the frenetic pace of the modern world
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The longing to have a child of one's own
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The first known use of child was before the 12th century
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