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childs1
- nonstandardpluralrareplural of child
I can have many childs. Ten at a time at once.
2003, Richard Matheson, Duel: Terror Stories by Richard Matheson, page 1725 more examples
You have been… searching! For… a child. No, no, no – two childs! A fine big boy… and a strange little boy. No, no, no… ahhh… a girl! A girl. A boy and a girl.
1966, Burt Shevelove, Larry Gelbart, Stephen Sondheim, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, spoken by Pseudolus (Zero Mostel)I remember one amusing episode: in a conversation with an engineer when responding to the usual Japanese enquiry in making social talk, "How many childs have you?"
1970, Freda Utley, Odyssey of a Liberal: Memoirs, page 103"It is as they say;" he clucks; "these childs are smoke the evil dope and the old ways of behave are forget.
1979, Spit in the Ocean, Volume 1, Issues 5-6, page 106Thus, the initial random vectors are all normalized and the childs are also normalized to unit vectors after any crossover or mutation operation.
2005, Stephan Olariu, Albert Y. Zomaya, Handbook of Bioinspired Algorithms and Applications, pages 6–402It is poison that has kill our little Rosemarie – and all her life ahead! The doctor say so – and he say I cannot understand about the rich man, why he do it. But I understand that the childs are dying.
2006, Holman Day, The Landloper: The Romance of a Man on Foot, page 192Synonyms: children
- indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of child
Childs2
- A surname.
Commander David Childs, who founded the arboretum, said he supported the changes, including with the name.
2026 May 3, Alex McIntyre, “Why changing the name of the National Memorial Arboretum is causing controversy”, in BBC News, retrieved 03 Sep 2026 - A place name in the United States:
- An unincorporated community in Cecil County, Maryland, named after George William Childs.
- An unincorporated community and former town in Wilkin County, Minnesota, named after Job W. Childs.
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