youngin

Etymology
Reduced form of young one.

Noun

 * 1)  A young one: a youth, a child, a kid, young person.
 * 2) * 1996, Mary Lee Settle, The Killing Ground
 * I swear to God, Hannah, Haley had entered that youngin in an open jumper class for children.
 * 1) * 1998, Edwin Vickers, When the Magnolias Die & One Precious Summer
 * He is my youngin, yes he is; I raised him, I did.
 * 1) * 1999, Silver RavenWolf, Halloween
 * 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.
 * 1) * 2000, Gene S Ladnier, Fame's Eternal Camping Ground
 * 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.