young thing
Americannoun
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a young person.
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a young animal.
Example Sentences
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Or is it instead time to blood Scarlets' bright young thing Sam Costelow?
From BBC • Nov. 4, 2022
It was one of those moments, I think, where the guarded and innocent young thing has a revelation about what’s really possible, about what people might want in show business.
From Washington Post • Feb. 4, 2021
If you were a bright young thing with good prospects who needed money, this was the first port of call.
From Salon • Oct. 7, 2019
He and a handsome young thing enter and exit a vintage white Rolls-Royce, pouts on their faces amid 1%-style luxury.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2019
“Don’t you be giving her any ideas, Captain. What this young thing needs is rest and nourishing food. And she’ll get both of them here or my name isn’t Bridget Flagg!”
From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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