young'un

plural young'uns · alternative youngen · alternative youngin · alternative youngon · alternative youngun

1. Northern EnglandSouthern USUKWest CountryinformalAfrican-American VernacularChild.

   "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."

   1946, Elizabeth Metzger Howard, Before the Sun Goes Down, page 31

   Synonyms: bairn, brat, child, chit, crumb cruncher, crumb crusher, crumb grinder, crumb snatcher