youngfolk

Noun

youngfolk pl (plural only)

1. (plural, plural-only) Children.
   • Ropes are tied to the strong branches of a tree and youngfolk enjoy themselves swinging for hours together.1962, Rajasthan (India), Rajasthan District Gazetteers - Volume 1, page 80
   • In the urban areas 2(>.99 per cent of the youngfolk in the age-group 0-14 are full time students.196?, India. Superintendent of Census Operations, West Bengal & Sikkim, Bisweswar Ray, District Census Handbook, West Bengal: Darjeeling, page 107
2. (plural, plural-only) Teenagers and young adults.
   • Youngfolk are sometimes seen to have placed a ' puthi-mala ' (garland of beads) of blue, white or amber colour round their necks.1939, Minendra Nath Basu, The Bunas of Bengal, page 61
   • At a symposium on Sport and Recreation held in Manchester recently, Mr. R. C. Macmillan, a specialist in park administration said that he sometime noticed idle youngfolk gathered in groups, both boys and girls, at the park gate where their conversation was neither good nor healthy for teenagers.1965, Calcutta Municipal Gazette - Volume 83, page 564