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younker
noun 4name 1
Collocations
3ADJ.
same, trimmed
VERB + YOUNKER
like
YOUNKER + NOUN
overthrowne, soone
Definitions
noun
1
A young man; a lad, youngster.
“Jim,” says he, “I reckon we’re fouled, you and me, and we’ll have to sign articles. I’d have had you but for that there lurch, but I don’t have no luck, not I; and I reckon I’ll have to strike, which comes hard, you see, for a master mariner to a ship’s younker like you, Jim.”
2
A young gentleman or knight.
So foorth they went, and both together giusted; But that same younker soone was overthrowne
3
A novice; a simpleton; a dupe.
Trimmed like a younker prancing to his love!
4
junker
name
1
A surname.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a young person (especially a young man or boy)
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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“Jim,” says he, “I reckon we’re fouled, you and me, and we’ll have to sign articles. I’d have had you but for that there lurch, but I don’t have no luck, not I; and I reckon I’ll have to strike, which
Wiktionary02
So foorth they went, and both together giusted; But that same younker soone was overthrowne
Wiktionary03
Trimmed like a younker prancing to his love!
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