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new-sprung

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adj.1.having just or recently arisen or come into existence.
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Adj.1.new-sprung - having just or recently arisen or come into existence; "new nations"; "with newborn fears"
newborn
new - not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered; "a new law"; "new cars"; "a new comet"; "a new friend"; "a new year"; "the New World"


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I glanced at his mother now and then to see how she relished the new-sprung intimacy; and I saw, by the unquiet aspect of her eye, that for some reason or other she was uneasy at the child's position.
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Bronte, Anne View in context
Here was I thinking you a new-sprung child of nature; there were you, the belated seedling of an effete aristocracy
Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context
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