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Younker   /jˈəŋkər/   Listen
Younker

noun
1.
A young person (especially a young man or boy).  Synonyms: spring chicken, young person, youth.





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"Younker" Quotes from Famous Books



... preparation of a large dish of white-bait for her Majesty's dinner compelled him to relax his hold, and in an instant he was precipitated among the Blackwall delicacies. The indignant cook immediately demanded "his business there." "Don't you see," observed the younker, "I'm ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, Complete • Various
... one of the men, and said, "Here, Crossthwaite, take this younker and make a tailor of him. Keep him next you, and prick him with your needle if ...
— The World's Greatest Books, Volume V. • Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton, Eds.
... very well for you, captain," said some grumbling younker, with a vague notion that Amyas must be better off than he, because he was ...
— Westward Ho! • Charles Kingsley
... have taught Him how to pluck so proud a younker's plumes; And know, these hairs, that dangle down my face, In brightness like the silver Rhodope, Shall add so haughty courage to my mind, And rest such piercing objects 'gainst thine eyes, That mask'd in folly age shall force ...
— A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Vol. VII (4th edition) • Various


Words linked to "Younker" :   juvenile, juvenile person, pup, hobbledehoy, slip, puppy, schoolchild, blade, youth, school-age child, pupil


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