- ’un
- An unstressed form of ‘one’, frequently attached to a preceding adjective in vocative expressions such as ‘old’un’, young’un’. ‘You daft’un’ is addressed by a woman to her brother in When the Boat Comes In, by James Mitchell. Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, has ‘all you littluns’ addressed to a group of small boys.
A dictionary of epithets and terms of address . Leslie Dunkling . 2015.