childhood friend

childhood friend

A friend that one has had since childhood or had in childhood. Ellen is one of my childhood friends—I've known her since I was seven! Ray was one of my childhood friends, but I haven't seen him in years. Gosh, I wonder how he's doing these days.
See also: childhood, friend
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • childhood
  • 1FTR
  • (one) could use (something)
  • given half a/the chance
  • (one) could stand (something)
  • a candidate for a pair of wings
  • (one's) hands are tied
  • bring (one) up on (something)
  • bring up on
  • a dose of (one's) own medicine
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[United States], Feb 20 (ANI): In a humanitarian gesture, two New York state troopers paid for a woman to fly to Florida and attend the funeral of a childhood friend who was killed in the school shooting last week.
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