man-child
or man·child
a male child; boy; son.
Origin of man-child
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How to use man-child in a sentence
But now that veneer is gone, and what remains is a callow man-child at odds with himself.
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Stupples plays Pete as an absurdly obtuse man-child who reads as David Brent without the mean streak.
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This not only makes you look like a louse, it makes you look like a helpless, bed-wetting man-child.
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Before she was in labour, she brought forth; before her time came to be delivered, she brought forth a man child.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousCursed be the man that brought the tidings to my father, saying: A man child is born to thee: and made him greatly rejoice.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousSurely a spoiled old man-child like the crouching figure yonder would exhaust the forbearance of Jizo Sama himself!
The Dragon Painter | Mary McNeil FenollosaIt was the high-keyed wailing of this same man-child wanting his bottle, but it eluded Bud completely.
Cabin Fever | B. M. BowerI think Samuel would have cursed the day in which it was said a man-child was born, and America was free!
The Trial of Theodore Parker | Theodore Parker
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