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once a man, twice a boy

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.59 in modern English

Syllables
on-ce a -man, twice a boy
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

proverb

Synonym of once a man, twice a child.

Synonyms

once a man twice a child

Questions

What does once a man, twice a boy mean?
Synonym of once a man, twice a child.

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