English

Noun

young'un ‎(plural young'uns)

1. (Southern US, Britain, informal) child
   • 1946, Elizabeth Metzger Howard, Before the Sun Goes Down, p. 31:

     "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."

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:child.

Anagrams

• unyoung