"youngin" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈjʌŋɪn/ Forms: youngins [plural]
Etymology: Reduced form of young one. Head templates: {{en-noun}} youngin (plural youngins)
  1. (Southern US, British West Country, Northern England, informal) A young one: a youth, a child, a kid, young person. Tags: British, Northern-England, Southern-US, West-Country, informal Synonyms: youngen, youngon, young'un, youngun Derived forms: grandyoungin Related terms: young'un

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  "etymology_text": "Reduced form of young one.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "youngins",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "kind": "other",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Southern US English",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "grandyoungin"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "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\nI swear to God, Hannah, Haley had entered that youngin in an open jumper class for children."
        },
        {
          "ref": "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",
          "text": "He is my youngin, yes he is; I raised him, I did."
        },
        {
          "text": "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\nHe 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."
        },
        {
          "text": "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\nIf 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."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, “Sardine: The Movie”, in Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs: The Series",
          "text": "Youngins, no respect for sammiches these days!",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A young one: a youth, a child, a kid, young person."
      ],
      "id": "en-youngin-en-noun-OdZ5~F23",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Southern US, British West Country, Northern England, informal) A young one: a youth, a child, a kid, young person."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "young'un"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "youngen"
        },
        {
          "word": "youngon"
        },
        {
          "word": "young'un"
        },
        {
          "word": "youngun"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British",
        "Northern-England",
        "Southern-US",
        "West-Country",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈjʌŋɪn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "youngin"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "grandyoungin"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Reduced form of young one.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "youngins",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "youngin (plural youngins)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "young'un"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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        "English 2-syllable words",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English informal terms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Northern England English",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "Southern US English",
        "West Country English"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "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\nI swear to God, Hannah, Haley had entered that youngin in an open jumper class for children."
        },
        {
          "ref": "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",
          "text": "He is my youngin, yes he is; I raised him, I did."
        },
        {
          "text": "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\nHe 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."
        },
        {
          "text": "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\nIf 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."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, “Sardine: The Movie”, in Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs: The Series",
          "text": "Youngins, no respect for sammiches these days!",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A young one: a youth, a child, a kid, young person."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Southern US, British West Country, Northern England, informal) A young one: a youth, a child, a kid, young person."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British",
        "Northern-England",
        "Southern-US",
        "West-Country",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈjʌŋɪn/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "youngen"
    },
    {
      "word": "youngon"
    },
    {
      "word": "young'un"
    },
    {
      "word": "youngun"
    }
  ],
  "word": "youngin"
}

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