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Brown Corpus
We often say of a person that he `` looks young for his age '' or `` old for his age ''.
Yet even in the more extreme of such cases we seldom go very far astray in guessing what his age actually is.
And this means, I suppose, that almost invariably age reveals itself by easily recognizable signs engraved on both the body and the mind.
`` Young for his age '' means only the presence of some minor characteristic not quite usual.
Stigmata quite sufficient for diagnosis are nevertheless there.
An assumption of youth, or the presence of a few youthful characteristics, deceives no more successfully than rouge or dyed hair.
`` Looking young for your age '' means `` for your age '' and it means no more.
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