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Definition of "you-uns" []

  • Upper Southern U.S. You. Used in addressing two or more people. See Regional Note at you-all. (pronoun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "you-uns" in a sentence
  • "Regional innovations, such as yous, yinz, and you-uns, may work just fine for the lucky speech communities of Boston, Pittsburgh, or Appalachia, where many use these forms to say you when addressing more than one local individual."
  • "If'n ya dont no who I'm a-talkin bout then you-uns aint from thar."
  • "She was also from Pittsburgh, but I never ever heard her use "y'ins" is that a hyperconstricted "you-uns?""