Youngin

/ˈjʌŋɪn/ · noun

Meaning

(Southern US, British West Country, Northern England, informal) A young one: a youth, a child, a kid, young person..

Example Sentences

1996, Mary Lee Settle, The Killing Ground http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN1570031185&id=NuC208Sm3hYC&pg=PA299&lpg=PA299&sig=nrGak4rpTJXj0jA5UreToSTbyTo I swear to God, Hannah, Haley had entered that youngin in an open jumper class for children.

He is my youngin, yes he is; I raised him, I did.

1999, Silver RavenWolf, Halloween http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN1567187196&id=asYSfOp1kdcC&pg=RA1-PA39&lpg=RA1-PA39&sig=OX_vV-IRIn0wqfIu5si8vYisHLE He wasn’t an unlikable fellow, no he wasn’t, but he was the sort of fella that would run from honest work faster than a youngin’ can run from bath water.

2000, Gene S Ladnier, Fame's Eternal Camping Ground http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0738808210&id=W-05dJIwk5EC&pg=PA297&lpg=PA297&sig=CT5T_3DS-GSixo_NJCONKqUShVE If I was a youngin looking for my sweetheart, I reckon I’d hook up with Barteau’s bunch and try to cut them Yankee wagons off.

Youngins, no respect for sammiches these days!

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Word Forms

• youngins
• youngen
• youngon
• young'un
• youngun

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