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Definition of Calf love
1. Noun. Temporary love of an adolescent.
Definition of Calf love
1. Noun. puppy love ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Calf Love
Literary usage of Calf love
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1891)
"I made a CALF-LOVE marriage. IM.J . II., 104. It's a girl's fancy — just a kind
o' CALF-LOVE — let U go by. 1884. ..."
2. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"Love in a very early stage of life ; an attachment formed before reason has begun
to have any sway ; q. love in the state of a calf, 8. CALF-LOVE, adj. ..."
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