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Meanings of errant child in English

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Usage of errant child in English
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With which Lord and Lady Maccon went dashing after their errant child.
Timeless
2
Thorn patted him on the cheek like a teacher with an errant child.
No mercy
3
Then, while the violins tremble and throb, he calls for his mother like an errant child:-
A Second Book of Operas
4
She smiled bashfully as if she were an errant child whose laziness or mischievousness had been exposed.
Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America
5
She smiled at the thought of Mrs. Basso following up on her as if she were an errant child.
Eve of darkness
6
She's an errant child.
The Guardian
7
My feelings towards them were not angry but kindly, being those with which a guiding parent might regard his errant child.
English passengers
8
Still, realistically a bad family continues its stranglehold on the errant child unless she brings closure on it by making her own family.
Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America
9
Douglas finally got up and left, and she put her errant children to bed.
Bungalow 2
10
Ushers kept errant children off the grass, part of a mass grave of soldiers who died on the hill.
The Guardian
11
"No, no, Parry," the smoke spoke, as to an errant child.
For Love Of Evil
12
"We have to be careful, Bethany," he explained as if speaking to an errant child.
Halo
13
As she tried to catch the errant children and their sneaky little leader, Alice wondered where in her life she'd gone so wrong.
Patrick's destiny
14
"As you know, Reclaimer," Spark said, as if addressing an errant child, "protocol requires that I take possession of the Index for transport".
The Flood
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