друг детства

childhood friend

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childhood friend The plural is друзья детства. The phrase refers to someone who was your friend when you were a child.
RU: Мой друг детства живёт в Москве.
EN: My childhood friend lives in Moscow.

Твой друг детства, которого увезли в машине?

Your childhood friend who was taken away in a car?

— Таинственная река (2003)

Будь у любого из вас здесь друг детства, он бы сделал такое?

If any of you had a childhood friend here, would he do something like that?

— Карандиру (2003)

Том-друг детства.

Tom is a childhood friend.

Я друг детства Тома.

I am Tom's childhood friend.