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
Warwick has dazzled audiences since the 60s, when she was the bright young thing introduced to the Paris Olympia as “the black pearl” by Marlene Dietrich.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 23, 2020
How had Sydelle described her—a pretty young thing?
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
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