juvien.
/ˈdʒuːvi/ U.S. slang.
A juvenile or juvenile delinquent; also, a detention centre or a court for juvenile delinquents.
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the world > people > person > child > [noun]
wenchelc890
childeOE
littleOE
littlingOE
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chickc1330
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toddle1825
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toddler1837
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peewee1894
tyke1894
che-ild1896
kiddo1896
mother's bairn1896
childling1903
kipper1905
pick1905
small1907
God forbid1909
preadolescent1909
subadolescent1914
toto1914
snookums1919
tweenie1919
problem child1920
squirt1924
trottie1924
tiddler1927
subteen1929
perisher1935
poopsie1937
pre-schooler1937
pre-teen1938
pre-teener1940
juvie1941
sprog1944
pikkie1945
subteenager1947
pre-teenager1948
pint-size1954
saucepan lid1960
rug rat1964
smallie1984
bosom-child-
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > wrongdoer > [noun] > young
juvenile delinquent1817
juvenile offender1817
juvie1941
society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [noun] > crime > a criminal or law-breaker > young
young offender1680
juvenile delinquent1817
juvenile offender1817
juvie1941
society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] > juvenile court
juvenile court1899
juvie1967
society > education > place of education > school > [noun] > reform school
house of reformation1581
reformatory1758
reform school1839
truant-school1872
training school1905
approved school1932
juvie1967
society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] > place of detention or lock-up > for juveniles
remand home1901
remand centre1937
detention centre1948
juvie1967
1941 J. Smiley Hash House Lingo 34 Juvie, child.
1966 Time 2 Dec. 52/3 Los Angeles County police went after the ‘juvies’ (minors under 18), began carting them off by the busload.
1967 New Yorker 25 Feb. 128/3 But the teacher at juvey said, ‘You have to finish it.’
1967 E. B. Nickerson Kayaks to Arctic vii. 58 I wondered..if we would have to bail them out of the Canadian equivalent of ‘Juvies’.
1970 P. Stadley Autumn of Hunter (1971) viii. 115 Just where would you take me, little juvie? To a drive-in movie?
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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