young one

[ yuhnguhn, wuhn ]
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noun
  1. a child or offspring: They have five young ones and another on the way.

Origin of young one

1
First recorded in 1525–35

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How to use young one in a sentence

  • I used to wish and wish for her, like a young-one wishin' on a load of hay, or the first star at night, or somethin'.

    Shavings | Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Soon after the war I once expressed my sympathy to a young lady friend who was about to marry a young one-armed soldier.

  • Do you think I've got a head like a six-year-old young-one—or you?

    Shavings | Joseph C. Lincoln
  • "Let's go out to the barn and find the young-one ourselves," said the Captain.

    Mary-'Gusta | Joseph C. Lincoln
  • "It's a pity you didn't tell her sooner, young-one," he said.

    Across the Fruited Plain | Florence Crannell Means