misshood

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

miss +‎ -hood

Noun[edit]

misshood (uncountable)

  1. (dated) girlhood
    • 1866, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Adventures of Philip on His Way Through the World, page 186:
      In her old heart there is a corner as romantic still as when she used to read the Wild Irish Girl or the Scottish Chiefs in the days of her misshood.
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