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'uns

'uns is the plural of 'un.

Meaning of 'un

Pronoun

'un (plural 'uns)

  1. (colloquial) One (a thing).
    • Give me one of those round 'uns.
  2. (colloquial, facetious or dialect) One (a person).
    • We've got a clever 'un here!
  3. (West-Country) Him or her.
    • Tom Trevarton had a piece of hoggan weth un.1866, Higham, Dial., 14

Phrases with 'uns

Questions about 'uns

What is 'uns the plural of?
'uns is the plural of 'un.

Words near 'uns in the dictionary

  1. 'umours
  2. 'umra
  3. 'umras
  4. 'un
  5. 'ungry
  6. 'uns
  7. 'urried
  8. 'urries
  9. 'urry
  10. 'urrying
  11. 'urt

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Adapted from Wiktionary: 'uns (page history and authors); 'un (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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