Child
Child noun - A young person who is between infancy and adulthood.
Twerp
Twerp noun - A person of no importance or influence.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Spoiled Brat: George is an awful little twerp as a child, and he doesn't get any better when he grows up.
Source: Film / The Magnificent Ambersons - This is entirely in keeping with Castle's Man Child tendencies - the character is in his late 30s or early 40s, but often acts like someone who would expect to be Twerp Sweated.
Source: Twerp Sweating - As a child born to one of the Wolrd Nobles he was a self centered arrogant little twerp always hanging on his Daddy & Mommy who interestingly enough weren't rotten to their core like the rest of the herd.
Source: Ax Crazy / Anime and Manga
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