young'un

See also: youngun

English

Etymology

A contraction of English young one.

Noun

young 'un (plural young'uns)

(Southern US, Britain West Country, informal) child
- 1946, Elizabeth Metzger Howard, Before the Sun Goes Down, p. 31:
  "Jesus Christ! Was my folks refined. My mam she wouldn't think-a lettin' us young'uns call a pee pot a pee pot. A chamber's what she called it... And by God! Us young'uns had ter call the pee pot a chamber or git our God damn necks wrang."

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:child.

Anagrams

unyoung

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