What does teener mean?
Teener means (dated) A teenager..
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/ˈtiːnə/ · noun
(dated) A teenager..
1952, American Psychological Association, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, American Psychological Association (1952), p. 159, […] adult periods and emphasizes the importance of the total teener in a social milieu.
a'''1968, Upton Sinclair, When I Was a Teener.
1975, Fely J. Cruz, I Married a Newspaperman: A Collection of Articles, Verses and Short Stories, T. F. Valencia (1975), p. 1923, To a Teener Celebrating Her Last Teen Year
Also, warn your teener that in this age of undisciplined classrooms, they are unlikely to have a teacher who demands that the class obey—(the major reason why European and Japanese school children score so much higher on ANY test than American kids).
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Teener means (dated) A teenager..
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1952, American Psychological Association, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, American Psychological Association (1952), p. 159, […] adult periods and emphasizes the importance of the total teener in a social milieu.
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