kid

kid
   an adult
   A child since the 16th century, before which it was only the young of a goat. Untypically missed by Dr Johnson and his team. As with middle aged, the usage seeks to minimize age:
    He was still a kid, no more than thirty, thirty-two. (M. Thomas, 1980)
   In obsolete English to kid meant to impregnate or to give birth, of both women and goats.

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