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Meaning of bairnhood | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The quality, condition, or state of a bairn (child); childhood

Scotland, uncountable

Examples

“In my bairnhood I would often linger in the glens where they dwelt, to jeer at them.” “Truly, yours was a wild boyhood, Olvir. You have yet told me little of it.” “A merry bairnhood, though Otkar's was a heavy hand.””

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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