two-year-old
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- noun
- /ˈtuˌjɪrˈoʊld/
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niño de dos años
- They have a two-year-old and a nine-month-old.
- a two-year-old child
- a two-year-old son
- a two-year-old boy
And then your two year old when you're away gets into the box and destroys it.
- And then your two year old when you're away gets into the box and destroys it.
- How in the hell can a one year old or two year old get these kind of rare, rare cancers, you know?
- So so it should we be able to tell a mom you can't kill your two year old?
Examples
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Karen is carrying their new baby, and Henry has his two-year-old daughter by the hand.
Fiction book (1990) -
We moved to Caracas, Venezuela, when I was two years old, and I spoke fluent Spanish in nursery school.
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At Christmas, I hosted it at my house and the two year old is the only one that could potentially open the gifts.
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I love being a mother of a two-year-old boy.
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The young couple was to bring their two-year-old the next morning.
Fiction book (1995) -
One of the young mothers walks her two-year-old son by the hands.
Fiction book (1991) -
Then there's Logan, my two-year-old brother, and my mama and my dad.
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With his wife and two-year-old daughter, he arrived in LaGrange, Georgia, on May 24.
Academic text (2008) -
"The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a great favorite at the moment; my two-year-old son Gray seems to have it memorized.
Academic text (2009) -
I love being a mother of a two-year-old boy.
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Etymology
The word two-year-old is a simple age phrase: two + year + old means 'two years old', so it describes a child, animal, or thing that has lived for two years. That's why you can call a child, a dog, a car, or a young racehorse a two-year-old.