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1
a person who is just starting out in a field of activity
- the kind of big story that can propel a cub reporter into the stratosphere of the newspaper world
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2
a young person who is between infancy and adulthood
- assigned to teach a bunch of young cubs how to play baseball
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- kindergartner
- (also kindergartener),
- preschooler,
- rug rat
- [slang],
- schoolboy,
- schoolchild,
- schoolgirl,
- schoolkid
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The first known use of cub was in 1530
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