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• young

  A word often used for uninitiated. ♦ Young gentlemen, a general designation for midshipmen, whatev...

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• Young one

  ·add. ·- A young human being; a child; also, a young animal, as a colt. ...

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• Young, Arthur

  (1741-1820) Writer on agriculture, was b. in London, the s. of a Suffolk clergyman. In his early ye...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Young, Edward

  (1683-1765) Poet, s. of the Rector of Upham, Hampshire, where he was b. After being at Winchester S...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Young Court

  See Young's Buildings1, Church Alley. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• young one

  A familiar expression of contempt for another's ignorance, as "ah! I see you're a young one." How d'...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• young democracy

  See barnburners. ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• young flood

  See flood. ...

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• young ice

  Nearly the same as bay-ice, except that it is only applied to ice very recently formed, or of the pr...

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• young wind

  The commencement of the land or sea breeze. ...

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• Sellar, William Young

  (1825-1890) Scholar, b. in Sutherlandshire, his f. being factor to the Duke of Sutherland, ed. at G...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Young Men's Christian Association

  ·add. ·- An organization for promoting the spiritual, intellectual, social, and physical welfare of ...

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• Young Women's Christian Association

  ·add. ·- An organization for promoting the spiritual, intellectual, social, and economic welfare of ...

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