joey

The immature young of a marsupial, notably a junior kangaroo, but also a young wallaby, koala, etc.

As soon as a joey is born, it crawls into its mother's pouch. The joey grows in the pouch.

A young child.

Ellipsis of joey word.

Among the kangaroo words that yield the most joviality and joy are those that conceal multiple joeys.

Sometimes a kangaroo word has more than one joey.

A parcel smuggled in to an inmate.

"Visit in two days though," said Tommo. "Hang in there mate, got a joey coming, we'll be sweet then."

A kind of clown.

A member of the Royal Marines.