young one

I used to wish and wish for her, like a young-one wishin' on a load of hay, or the first star at night, or somethin'.

Soon after the war I once expressed my sympathy to a young lady friend who was about to marry a young one-armed soldier.

Do you think I've got a head like a six-year-old young-one—or you?

"Let's go out to the barn and find the young-one ourselves," said the Captain.

"It's a pity you didn't tell her sooner, young-one," he said.