young thing

noun

1. a young person.
2. a young animal.

Example Sentences

Ruby appeared as a sexy young thing in Wilson’s earlier play “Seven Guitars,” which is set in Pittsburgh’s Hill District in 1948 and features Hedley, the man King believes was his father.

From Los Angeles Times

Between her first and second albums, two years have passed, and she has begun dating older men who do not take her seriously: "When am I gonna stop being a pretty young thing to guys?"

From Salon

“It’s my hope that whatever side of the culture war, the Rogan-Neil Young thing, a person may land, that people can be sympathetic to the struggle of working artists trying to get fair pay,” Eve 6 frontman Max Collins said at the time.

From Washington Post

Or is it instead time to blood Scarlets' bright young thing Sam Costelow?

From BBC

An older man and a younger one — father and son, perhaps, or a more general evocation of generations of men — stare at the sweet young thing lighting up in the darkness.

From Los Angeles Times