[f. CRADLE sb. + -HOOD.] The condition of a child in the cradle; babyhood, infancy.

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1599.  Nashe, Lenten Stuffe, Wks. 1883–4, V. 212. All their transmutations from their Cradlehoode.

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Mod.  From the stage of cradlehood to extreme old age.

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