Meaning & use
Striplings
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Young men or boys who are not yet fully grown, especially those still slender or immature in build.
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The recruits were mostly striplings, barely out of school.
Old photographs show the veterans as striplings marching off to war.
A note on using this word
A somewhat old-fashioned, literary word, often carrying a tone of gentle condescension about someone's youth or inexperience.
Words with a similar meaning
youthsadolescentslads
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Words with an opposite meaning
eldersveterans
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