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noun
A person who is innocent, naive, inexperienced, or helpless, especially with respect to an unfamiliar situation or environment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
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Synonyms: sweet summer child, ingenue, innocent, naif
Antonyms: none provided
History
From the ballad "The Children in the Wood".
