nonage
Example Sentences
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His "hoy," "bunk" and "bull" stories, his hoaxes, false fronts and fabrications were easily detected and. cast out when he was in his professional nonage.
From Time Magazine Archive
The founding father of black humor in a new, splendidly gutty translation of his classic about the bitter, unbreakable orphan whose childhood and nonage were a lugubrious epic of squalor, filth, misery and hatred.
From Time Magazine Archive
A standing council was appointed to carry on the administration during his nonage.
From The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) by Hunt, William
So far back as 1227 advantage had been taken of Henry's majority to exact large sums of money for the confirmation of all charters sealed during his nonage.
From The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) by Hunt, William
In my nonage I believed humanity could be reformed if only it were intelligently preached at for a sufficiently long period.
From A Christmas Garland by Beerbohm, Max, Sir
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