kiddie

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From kid +‎ -ie.

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kiddie (plural kiddies)

  1. (slang, often attributive) A child.
    The kiddie pool was shallow so the children would be safe, which meant it was much warmer than the adult pool.
    C. S. Lewis first made kiddie lit a respectable field of study.
    • 1944, H. Lorna Bingham, Tuckonie's Warrior Friend, page 9, column 2:
      Some days later, Dan, Gulunna, and the two kiddies fell in with another tribe which was ruled by Chief Bulla.

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