Dictionary

youngin en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈjʌŋɪn/

Etymology

Reduced form of young one.

Meanings

1. (Northern-England, Southern-US, UK, West-Country, informal) A young one: a youth, a child, a kid, young person.
   • 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
   • 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 I swear to God, Hannah, Haley had entered that youngin in an open jumper class for children.
   • Youngins, no respect for sammiches these days! 2018, “Sardine: The Movie”, in Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs: The Series:
   • 2000, Gene S Ladnier, Fame's Eternal Camping Ground http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0738808210&id=W-05dJIwk5EC&pg=PA297&lpg=PA297&sig=CT5T_3DS-GSixo_NJCONKqUShVE 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.
   • 1999, Silver RavenWolf, Halloween http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN1567187196&id=asYSfOp1kdcC&pg=RA1-PA39&lpg=RA1-PA39&sig=OX_vV-IRIn0wqfIu5si8vYisHLE 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.

Forms

Deriveds

grandyoungin

Relateds

young'un