'un

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'un

(ən) or

un

pron

a spelling of one: that's a big 'un.

Usage: This spelling is intended to reflect a dialectal or informal pronunciation

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Translations

'un

[ʌn] PRON that's a good 'un! (joke etc) → ¡qué bueno!
he did well, for an old 'un → lo hizo bien, para ser un viejo
she's got two little 'uns → tiene dos críos

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’un

pron (inf) he’s a good ’un → er ist ’n feiner Kerl; a big ’un → ’n großer; the little ’uns → die Kleinen pl

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But yer must know, Work'us, yer mother was a regular right-down bad 'un.'

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If he foinds it oot, soon efther, I'll put 'un on a wrong scent, I warrant 'ee.

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And I suppose the old missis is agoing to leave after this stir's gotten overed, and take herself off, somewhere, to live on her bit of a jointure; and the young 'un - at least the new 'un (she's none so very young) - is coming down to live at the Grove.'