Calf-love
puppy love.
Historical Examples
The Land of Strong Men Arthur M. Chisholm
The Bartlett Mystery Louis Tracy
The Entail John Galt
A Chesterton Calendar G. K. Chesterton
Romance Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
Lore of Proserpine Maurice Hewlett
The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition Rudyard Kipling
The Sexual Life of the Child Albert Moll
The Entail John Galt
The Life of Mansie Wauch D. M. Moir
noun
temporary infatuation or love of an adolescent for a member of the opposite sex Also called puppy love
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