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Meanings of childish things in English

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Usage of childish things in English
1
For many a year the Virginian had put away these childish things.
The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains
2
At six and thirty it is time to put away childish things.
Nightfall
3
The child, when it has become the man, puts away childish things.
Light on the Path and Through the Gates of Gold
4
Johnathan Thurston has put away childish things; he has become a man.
The Guardian
5
Now we are quite grown up, and can put away childish things.
The English Constitution
6
Natásha did not like the visitor's tone of condescension to childish things.
War and Peace
7
Well, Forrester considered, it behooved him to put away childish things, too.
Pagan Passions
8
You've put away childish things and now you have become a woman.
Mavericks
9
I've said good-bye to childish things, and blossomed into a society dame.
A Houseful of Girls
10
She really was beautiful, and we really were about done with childish things.
Shadowed summer
11
Nina was fast outgrowing childish things and entering the young-lady period.
Added Upon / A Story
12
At times we were still children, still interested in childish things.
The Golden Road
13
But it feels as if I am putting away childish things too soon.
The Guardian
14
I put aside childish things- Igripmy hands upon naked Reality.
The Journal of Arthur Stirling : ("The Valley of the Shadow")
15
Musgrave's thoughts were high, although his words ran upon childish things.
The Romance of the Coast
16
IT'S TIME to put away childish things, President Obama told the world last week.
The Irish Times
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Childish things through the time
Childish things across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common