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Definition of "young'un" []

  • Informal A young one; a child. (noun)

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 "young'un" in a sentence
  • "And a general weariness in having the same conversation about genre versus the mainstream that crops up whenever a young'un who hasn't bothered to read anything published on the internet over the last decade gets the bright idea to write in haphazard fashion about a topic that's like the same piece of gum masticated for a month."
  • "Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone show uppity young'un Jason Statham old walnuts can still do ultraviolence"
  • "There is something just not right about watching a mom walking down the mall with her kid leashed and yanking her young'un back in line at will - sort of like you do with your dog when going for a walk."