younker
a youngster.
Obsolete. a young noble or gentleman.
Origin of younker
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How to use younker in a sentence
Sit down by the fire, younker, and rest yourself; for youll have to go out with us again to-night, though not very far off.
Oliver Twist, Vol. II (of 3) | Charles DickensI've said that if he produces the younker, and we find he hain't been harmed, why we'll call it a joke and drop the whole thing.
Two Boys in Wyoming | Edward S. EllisDo you remember the time, younker, when I gave the frigate my top-sails, in beating out of the Chesapeake?
The Pilot | J. Fenimore CooperI was then a younker, and went out with the Delawares, because I know'd they were a scandalized and wronged race.
The Last of the Mohicans | James Fenimore Cooper"Well, I reckon every feller in town knew about that before the younker had been here half an hour," grinned the Warden.
The Pony Rider Boys in New England | Frank Gee Patchin
British Dictionary definitions for younker
/ (ˈjʌŋkə) /
archaic, or literary a young man; lad
obsolete a young gentleman or knight
Origin of younker
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