childhood friend
noun
: a friend that a person had when both of them were children : a friend since childhood
We are childhood friends.
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He was captured in 2022 in Spain just months after the FBI placed him on its Ten Most Wanted Fugitives List, then extradited to the U.S. last year on the same day Sammartino sentenced his childhood friend and co-defendant Matthew Isaac Wolfe to 14 years in prison.
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Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 June 2025
Dave Pashley, a childhood friend, remembers running around Torrington with Brian and setting off fireworks atop different buildings.
—Tyler Hicks, Rolling Stone, 5 June 2025
Growing up in Los Angeles’ Pacific Palisades with childhood friend Newman, his father Simon transitioned from playing violin in the 20th Century Fox Orchestra to a contractor, then founded Liberty Records in 1955.
—Gary Graff, Billboard, 3 June 2025
Under questioning, Lee revealed the name of his co-conspirator and childhood friend, who soon was also under arrest.
—Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2025
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Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 June 2025
Dave Pashley, a childhood friend, remembers running around Torrington with Brian and setting off fireworks atop different buildings.
—Tyler Hicks, Rolling Stone, 5 June 2025
Growing up in Los Angeles’ Pacific Palisades with childhood friend Newman, his father Simon transitioned from playing violin in the 20th Century Fox Orchestra to a contractor, then founded Liberty Records in 1955.
—Gary Graff, Billboard, 3 June 2025
Under questioning, Lee revealed the name of his co-conspirator and childhood friend, who soon was also under arrest.
—Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2025
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“Childhood friend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/childhood%20friend. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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