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growed-up

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Noun

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growed-up (plural growed-ups)

  1. (US regional) A grown-up; an adult.
    • 1962, Thornton Wilder, Infancy:
      Like usual: babies acting like growed-ups; growed-ups acting like babies.
    • 2016, Alan Moore, Jerusalem, Liveright, page 210:
      Henry didn't doubt the little boys and girls knew that this place was haunted, just like all the growed-ups did.

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