Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Plural of
child .
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- noun pl. of
child .
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- noun Plural form of
child .
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Examples
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In this chapter we look at children whose bones are weak and deformed, and at children who do not grow as tall as other children.
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They might also talk with school teachers, local health workers or concerned parents about developing CHILD-to-child activities, or organize local children to build a playground for all children.
Chapter 6 1999
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We have already discussed how children can help build a low-cost playground-for-all children.
Chapter 6 1999
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Thats why I hate people with children, like my brother-in-law, who told me: you dont know what responsibility means, you have no children.
FallNews 1998
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_All thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children_.
Daily Strength for Daily Needs Mary W. Tileston
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Bondmen and bondmaids might be bought from the heathen round about them; these were left by fathers to their children after them, but it does not appear that the _children_ of these servants ever were reduced to servitude.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society
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The busha would then send word to the Governor that the people had given up their children, not being able to support them, and the Governor would have the children bound to the busha, "and _then_," said they, "_we might whistle for our children_!"
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society
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Bondmen and bondmaids might be bought from the heathen round about them; these were left by fathers to their children after them, but it does not appear that the _children_ of these servants ever were reduced to servitude.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 1 of 4 American Anti-Slavery Society
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Not for yourselves, O comrades, but for your children -- _your children_!
The Nine-Tenths James Oppenheim 1907
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A man must learn to love his children, not because they are his, but because they are _children_, else his love will be scarcely a better thing at last than the party-spirit of the faithful politician.
Alec Forbes of Howglen George MacDonald 1864
yarb commented on the word children
"The King was a kind-hearted man, and very fond of children, like all people who are fond of the ridiculous."
- Chesterton, The Napoleon of Notting Hill.
January 31, 2008
oroboros commented on the word children
"Make no mistake. I take these children seriously. It is not possible to see too much in them, to overindulge your casual gift for the study of character. It is all there, in full force, charged waves of identity and being. There are no amateurs in the world of children."
--Don DeLillo, White Noise
May 18, 2009
brobbins commented on the word children
thoughts
July 22, 2009