Definitions

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  • noun a child or a young animal

Etymologies

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Contraction of little + one (see un#Etymology)

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Examples

  • The littlun is waving a two-fingered salute to whoever put her in the box.

    Hey Sailor! - A Dress A Day 2010

  • The littlun is waving a two-fingered salute to whoever put her in the box.

    Hey Sailor! - A Dress A Day 2010

  • Used to frighten the bejesus out of me when I was a littlun.

    The Forgotten Garden Kate Morton 2009

  • Incidentally, I had the record Black Sambo when I was a littlun ` and everytime I see that avatar I hear it "Living in the jungle, thats me, underneath the spreading ... etc."

    Something is Rotten.... Newmania 2007

  • Used to frighten the bejesus out of me when I was a littlun.

    The Forgotten Garden Kate Morton 2009

  • Used to frighten the bejesus out of me when I was a littlun.

    The Forgotten Garden Kate Morton 2009

  • Used to frighten the bejesus out of me when I was a littlun.

    The Forgotten Garden Kate Morton 2009

  • Used to frighten the bejesus out of me when I was a littlun.

    Kate Morton Ebook Collection Kate Morton 2008

  • Samneric peered together round a palm tree at the edge of the forest A littlun howled, creased and crimson, by the bathing pool and Piggy stood on the platform, the white conch gripped in his hands.

    Lord of the Flies Golding, William, 1911- 1954

  • As if this information was rooted far down in the springs of sorrow, the littlun wept.

    Lord of the Flies Golding, William, 1911- 1954

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