Preteen
Preteen noun - A preadolescent boy or girl (usually between 9 and 12 years of age).
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- Wendy is very clearly a teenager (usually a preteen), John a preteen (usually a child) and Michael is child (usually a toddler).
Source: Film / East Of Kensington - At the start of the novel, without regard for his own reputation and chastity, he leaves the house guarded only by his preteen sister, carries a wounded soldier to the family farm, and strips off her clothes, chaperoned only by his toddler sisters.
Source: Pragmatic Hero -
The gag comic appears in the lady magazine Libelle and centers around the everyday activities of a typical Dutch family consisting of father Jan, mother Jans, their teenage daugther Karlijn, preteen daughter Catootje, and (added to the series later on) toddler son Gertje.
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