'un

pron — 3 senses

'un

pron

/ʌn/

Etymology The apostrophe is not justified historically: this word preserves an original pronunciation of one without an initial /w/; see one for more.

1

Colloquial One (a thing).

  • Give me one of those round 'uns.
2

Colloquial One (a person).

Facetious or dialect

  • We've got a clever 'un here!
3

West Country Him or her.

  • Tom Trevarton had a piece of hoggan weth un.1866, Higham, Dial., 14
Derived terms
biggun, dead 'un, goodun, green 'un, li'l 'un, lil' 'un, lil'un, pink 'un, red 'un, stiff 'un, thick-un, thissun, wrong 'un, young'un, you-uns

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