as in kid
a young person who is between infancy and adulthood
at the Scottish festival there were traditional contests of strength and endurance, Celtic fiddlers, and groups of bairns performing Highland flings
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Recent Examples of bairn
The Wallace also has a children’s menu and wee bathrobes for the bairns in the marble guest bathrooms.
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Nicole Trilivas, Travel + Leisure, 16 July 2024
Later, Marsali once again fails to read the room and talks to Ian about all of her bairns and the joys of a big family.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 13 Apr. 2020
Nicole Trilivas, Travel + Leisure, 16 July 2024
Later, Marsali once again fails to read the room and talks to Ian about all of her bairns and the joys of a big family.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 13 Apr. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bairn
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Scammers — with access to kids’ names and school information — are tricking parents into paying for bogus SAT and ACT prep materials.—
Jan Diaz,
USA TODAY,
19 Feb. 2025
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Vaccinating infants and young children is widely recommended as a way to prevent kids from being exposed to life-threatening diseases like measles and to protect other children in school.—
Anne Flaherty,
ABC News,
18 Feb. 2025
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Their adult children wept on the witness stand and spoke of their devastation.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA TODAY,
22 Feb. 2025
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Make your 100 percent tax-deductible donation today to help UNICEF reach more children in need.—
UNICEF USA,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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The zoo shared a clip of the cubs emerging from their private den with their mother Shala.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
14 Feb. 2025
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The zoo said they cannot be released back into the wild because cubs need at least two years with their mother to learn survival skills.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA TODAY,
31 Jan. 2025
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“Bairn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bairn. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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