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young'uns

young'uns is the plural of young'un.

Meaning of young'un

Noun

young'un (plural young'uns)

  1. (Northern England, Southern US, UK, West-Country, informal, African-American Vernacular) Child.
    • "Jesus Christ! Was my folks refined. My mam she wouldn't think-a lettin' us young'uns call a pee pot a pee pot. A chamber's what she called it... And by God! Us young'uns had ter call the pee pot a chamber or git our God damn necks wrang."1946, Elizabeth Metzger Howard, Before the Sun Goes Down, page 31

Questions about young'uns

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

Words near young'uns in the dictionary

  1. Young Turks
  2. Young's moduli
  3. Young's modulus
  4. Young's syndrome
  5. young'un
  6. young'uns
  7. young, dumb, and full of come
  8. young, dumb, and full of cum
  9. young-adulthood
  10. young-adulthoods
  11. young-earth creationism

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