"childline" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: childlines [plural]
Etymology: From child + line, from the company name ChildLine. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|child|line}} child + line Head templates: {{en-noun}} childline (plural childlines)
  1. (India) A telephone counselling service for children and young people. Wikipedia link: ChildLine Tags: India Categories (topical): Telephony
    Sense id: en-childline-en-noun-Vc6e~H2O Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Indian English, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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