teenagehoodとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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teenagehood (uncountable)

1. The state of being in one's teenage years (13 to 19).

   Synonyms: teenhood, teenagerhood, teenagedom, teenagerdom, teendom

   Coordinate terms: childhood, preteenhood, young adulthood, adulthood, middle age, seniorhood, elderhood

   Near-synonym: adolescence

   • 1990, Lee Maracle, Sojourner's truth & other stories, page 110:

     Teenagehood is a crippling disease. I can tell because none of my children can walk anymore. Bus fares and car fares are eating up what little extra I have earned in royalties from my work.

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