Un
[ʌn]
Examples
- Nor an old 'un neither, Sir,' observed Mr. Weller. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Is the old 'un here? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Au banquet de la vie à peine commencé, Un instant seulement mes lèvres ont pressé La coupe en mes mains encore pleine. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Get on, young'un! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- She's been thinking of the old 'un! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- It got us in trouble last time,' said the woman, turning into the house; 'I woan't have nothin' to say to 'un. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Georgy burst out laughing and said, By Jove, that was a good 'un. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Why, this is an uncommon handsome un, he said to the senator. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- A Suffolk Punch, when he's a good un, is worth his weight in gold. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- A caustic spirit--un peu sauvage. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Oh, you little un-grate-ful, mur-de-rous, hor-rid villain! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- It seems that gal 's off, with her young un. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- All this was very un-English: truly I was in a foreign land. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Son Bismarck, c'etait un mystere. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He was proceeding in a very summary way to practical love-making---- _Attendez, un instant, mon ange! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Fancy articles entirely--sell for waiters, and so on, to rich 'uns, that can pay for handsome 'uns. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Your working days must be stiff 'uns, if these is your holidays. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I hate these nigger young uns! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Shall colonists have their horses (and blood 'uns, if you please, good Lord! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Ah, well; handsome uns has the greatest cause to run, sometimes, if they has any kind o' feelin, such as decent women should. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- We're but where we was; and I'll break stones on th' road afore I let these little uns clem. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Did ye ever see such aggravating young uns? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Always the vay vith these here old 'uns howsoever, as is such steady goers to look at. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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