childhood friend
noun
: a friend that a person had when both of them were children : a friend since childhood
We are childhood friends.
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Jenkins later co-founded the hip-hop newspaper Beat Down with childhood friend and fellow music journalist Elliott Wilson.
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Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 24 May 2025
Barrett recused from a case involving a childhood friend, and Gorsuch stepped down from hearing a case this term that stands to benefit billionaire Philip Anschutz, his friend and former client.
—Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
Owen, however, hooked up with his childhood friend, Nora (Floriana Lima), who later becomes Teddy’s patient.
—Max Gao, Variety, 16 May 2025
And, independent of her adaptations, Reid and her childhood friend Ashley Rodger wrote a jukebox Chicks musical, Goodbye, Earl, about two friends who team up to kill one’s abusive husband, with the Chicks signed on as executive producers.
—Lucy Feldman, Time, 15 May 2025
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Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 24 May 2025
Barrett recused from a case involving a childhood friend, and Gorsuch stepped down from hearing a case this term that stands to benefit billionaire Philip Anschutz, his friend and former client.
—Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
Owen, however, hooked up with his childhood friend, Nora (Floriana Lima), who later becomes Teddy’s patient.
—Max Gao, Variety, 16 May 2025
And, independent of her adaptations, Reid and her childhood friend Ashley Rodger wrote a jukebox Chicks musical, Goodbye, Earl, about two friends who team up to kill one’s abusive husband, with the Chicks signed on as executive producers.
—Lucy Feldman, Time, 15 May 2025
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“Childhood friend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/childhood%20friend. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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