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youngin

/ˈjʌŋɪn/

youngin noun: a young one: a youth, a child, a kid, young person.

Noun

youngin (plural youngins)

  1. (Northern England, Southern US, UK, West-Country, informal) A young one: a youth, a child, a kid, young person.
    • I swear to God, Hannah, Haley had entered that youngin in an open jumper class for children.1996, Mary Lee Settle, The Killing Ground http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN1570031185&id=NuC208Sm3hYC&pg=PA299&lpg=PA299&sig=nrGak4rpTJXj0jA5UreToSTbyTo
    • He is my youngin, yes he is; I raised him, I did.1998, Edwin Vickers, When the Magnolias Die & One Precious Summer http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0738800821&id=s32Rd9dPqv0C&pg=PA29&lpg=PA29&sig=UVy1VC-1gtxVfKI34vip1l7T1L8

Forms of youngin

pluralyoungins
alternative formyoungen
alternative formyoungon
alternative formyoung'un
alternative formyoungun

Origin of youngin

Reduced form of young one.

Words formed from youngin

Questions about youngin

What does youngin mean?
Youngin means a young one: a youth, a child, a kid, young person.
What part of speech is youngin?
Youngin is a noun.
How do you pronounce youngin?
Youngin is pronounced /ˈjʌŋɪn/.
What is the plural of youngin?
The plural of youngin is youngins.

Words near youngin in the dictionary

  1. Younghusbands
  2. Youngian
  3. youngie
  4. youngies
  5. youngify
  6. youngin
  7. younging
  8. younginid
  9. younginids
  10. youngins
  11. youngish

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