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
Anna Sorokin, a bright young thing who befriended “New York’s party people,” as the story had it, and used them to prop up her life of lies and excess.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 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
It was so pleasant to feel the beating life and see the funny little awkward movements of a young thing.
From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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