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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(chiefly Scotland) The quality, condition, or state of a bairn (child); childhood.
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.”
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Bairnhood means (chiefly Scotland) The quality, condition, or state of a bairn (child); childhood.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.”
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