nonage

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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

Marriages are usually arranged by mothers in nonage, but consulting the destined bride.

From The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

Be love but there, let poor six years Be posed with the maturest fears Man trembles at, we straight shall find Love knows no nonage, nor the mind.’

From Santa Teresa an Appreciation: with some of the best passages of the Saint's Writings by Whyte, Alexander

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