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Meanings of mere child in English

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Usage of mere child in English
1
But I was a mere child in the hands of this expert.
The Right Stuff: Some Episodes in the Career of a North Briton
2
In the case I'm thinking of, the girl is a mere child.
The Window-Gazer
3
Guilbeau, seemingly a mere child, spoke of the socialist movement in France.
Russia in 1919
4
Mrs. Brian is no longer young; my daughter is a mere child.
The Clique of Gold
5
He wondered at the good sense of this from a mere child.
Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise
6
The Rugby scrimmage is mere child's play by the side of it.
Post-Prandial Philosophy
7
The daughter, a mere child at the time, was left entirely destitute.
The Shoulders of Atlas: A Novel
8
At home, in Sangoa, I am still regarded as a mere child.
Aunt Jane's Nieces out West
9
I remember that I was considered a mere child at your age.
Elsie's New Relations / What They Did and How They Fared at Ion;...
10
She works up my feelings till I am like a mere child.
The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner
11
That was a long time ago when you were a mere child.
The King's Arrow: A Tale of the United Empire Loyalists
12
Andreas Döderlein had recognised her talents when she was a mere child.
The Goose Man
13
A mere child, my dear, if we deal honestly with the fact.
The Shield of Silence
14
Only one, and she was a mere child when he left home.
The Gold Hunters' Adventures; Or, Life in Australia
15
My sister is a mere child-tooyoung to know her own mind.
Australia Felix
16
She is such a mere child, after all, and fond of attention.
Floyd Grandon's Honor
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