growed-up
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]growed-up (plural growed-ups)
- (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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[edit]- See Thesaurus:adult