young'un
Americannoun
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young'uns
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of young'un
Contraction of young one
Example Sentences
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“I think it’s more about a young’un not really having an appreciation for murals.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 17, 2023
As for the other, she’ll do anything she can to humiliate her spinster daughter before others if she thinks it will hold the young’un in her thrall.
From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2013
Quickly, a word about Bouchra Jarrar, who shows during couture: she’s a real talent, no nonsense, a young’un with good judgment and something worthwhile to offer.
From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2011
The young’un, Robert, who do the yard ever two weeks, I guess he go fore he come over.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
Why, a fo'-yeah-old young'un knows mo' today dan our grandmammies knowed.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 5 by Work Projects Administration
Mallard ducks and Canada geese have long made the reflecting pool home and paraded their young’uns through it in the spring and summer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
“I said, ‘I got no money to build a house with all them young’uns and a wife.’”
From Washington Times ● Apr. 18, 2021
Starting in the fall, they travel along the west coast of North America and hole up in Mexico’s Baja California, a one-stop shop for mating, calving and nursing their young’uns.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 24, 2019
Parents must authenticate kids’ accounts before young’uns can begin using it.
From Slate ● Dec. 4, 2017
“It’s hard for you young’uns to understand,” Mr. Gibbs said.
From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson
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