young'un
See also: youngun
English
Alternative forms
- youngun
- youngin
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."
- 1946, Elizabeth Metzger Howard, Before the Sun Goes Down, p. 31:
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:child.
Anagrams
- unyoung