Cub
Cub noun - A young person who is between infancy and adulthood.
Usage example: assigned to teach a bunch of young cubs how to play baseball
Youth
Youth noun - A young person who is between infancy and adulthood.
Usage example: rounded up the neighborhood youths and organized them into a softball team
Nearby Words: youthful, youthfully
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The Bear: It is is lampshaded and discussed by Kurt and David Karofsky, who we find out in season three has taken to hanging out at a local gay bar and been dubbed a bear cub because of his youth and rather burly stature.
Source: Series / Glee -
On Glee, this trope is lampshaded and discussed by Kurt and David Karofsky, who we find out in season three has taken to hanging out at a local gay bar and been dubbed a bear cub because of his youth and rather burly stature.
Source: The Bear -
Cub Cues Protective Parent: In the case of Don's Fountain of Youth, it's an egg that cues one; namely, an alligator egg Don stole to fool the boys into thinking he'd regressed back to egg state.
Source: Western Animation / Donald Duck
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