Youngin

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.4 Quotations

English

Alternative spellings

• youngin'

Etymology

Reduced form of young one.

Noun

youngin (plural: youngins)

1. A young one: a youth, a child.

Quotations

• 1996, Mary Lee Settle, The Killing Ground [1]

  I swear to God, Hannah, Haley had entered that youngin in an open jumper class for children.

• 1998, Edwin Vickers, When the Magnolias Die & One Precious Summer [2]

  He is my youngin, yes he is; I raised him, I did.

• 1999, Silver RavenWolf, Halloween [3]

  He wasn’t an unlikable fellow, no he wasn’t, but he was the sort of fella that would run from honest work faster than a youngin’ can run from bath water.

• 2000, Gene S Ladnier, Fame's Eternal Camping Ground [4]

  If I was a youngin looking for my sweetheart, I reckon I’d hook up with Barteau’s bunch and try to cut them Yankee wagons off.