Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Relating to or designed for children especially between the ages of 9 and 12.
- adjective Being a child especially between the ages of 9 and 12; preadolescent.
- noun A preadolescent boy or girl.
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- adjective Of, relating to, or designed for, or being
children between the ages of about 9 to 12 - noun A
child in this age group
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a preadolescent boy or girl (usually between 9 and 12 years of age)
- adjective of or relating to or designed for children between the ages of 9 and 12
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Examples
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This is collecting theme is very prevalent in preteen males who will collect almost anything.
Archive 2006-11-19 Canadian silver bug/Green Assassin Brigade 2006
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This is collecting theme is very prevalent in preteen males who will collect almost anything.
Silver Bells, Silver Bells,... mmmm silver Canadian silver bug/Green Assassin Brigade 2006
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"Most of the things were - well, depending on your definition of the law - not illegal," Martin says, referring to the "preteen girls" subreddit.
Forbes.com: News E.D. Kain 2012
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The baby-sitter, getting chummy with my kids after working for me for about a month, told my preteen daughter that she smoked PCP on the weekend but made it a point never to smoke it during the workweek.
Roseanne Archy Roseanne Barr 2011
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My brother is a grandfather two times over and still in college, becoming a doctor in his fiftieth year; my sister married her best friend from preteen Zionist camp, and they have eleven-year-old twin Zionist daughters.
Roseanne Archy Roseanne Barr 2011
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When I stopped subscribing as a preteen circa 1989, I imagined that the magazine would transform greatly through the decades and different editors at the helm.
READING: F&SF (Jun/Jul 2009), New Yorker (May 25, 2009), darkerblogistan 2009
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I had terrible struggles with weight as a teen and preteen.
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If "Lemonade Mouth" maintains its current interest level among its preteen audience, company executives say, it could spawn a miniature industry of sequels, perhaps even a big-screen adaptation, more albums by cast members and perhaps even a concert tour.
Disney Savors Its Lemonade Ethan Smith 2011
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This, of course, is rare, as any mother of an infant or preteen knows.
Roseanne Archy Roseanne Barr 2011
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As a preteen girl, I wanted to dress as twins with Bubbe Mary because I just loved her clothes, but she never wanted to do the whole matching grandmother-and-granddaughter-outfit-making and -wearing thing that was so popular with our Mormon neighbors, which was a huge disappointment to me.
Roseanne Archy Roseanne Barr 2011
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