Child-mind
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Alternative form of childmind. alt-of, alternative
"The idea of ceasing to exist could not possibly enter a child-mind: the butterflies and birds, the flowers, the foliage, the sweet summer itself, only play at dying;they seem to go, but they all come back again after the snow is gone."
- 1 Alternative form of childmind. alt-of, alternative
"Although not specifically referring to grandparents, Peter Willmott points out that, in his study of North London in the 1980s, 75% of parents had relatives who would child-mind for them – a significant proportion of these were grandparents (Wilmott, 1988)."
Example
More examples"I am inclined, however, to think that the terminological exactitude so necessary to scientific statement could not be accommodated to the range of the child-mind without a certain damage to the content."
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