The phrase "a youngster down" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It is unclear in what context this phrase would be used, as it lacks clarity and specificity.
Example: "I saw a youngster down by the river." (This example assumes a context where "down" refers to a location, but the phrase itself is still awkward.)
Alternatives: "a young person" or "a child".
He won both the free-kicks Baines scored from, after driving at the Hammers' defence, putting them on the back foot and forcing James Collins and Mark Noble into bringing the youngster down, a crime for which the latter was dismissed.
It was a shrewd piece of business in tying the youngster down on a long-term deal.
A youngster hung upside down from a tree.
McCleary spent time with Oxford United as a youngster before dropping down into non-league football, but he was given his big break in 2008 when he was signed by Forest.
Now, Mr. Koch and his sister, Pat Koch Thaler, have written a cautionary children's book, "Eddie Shapes Up," a more or less autobiographical account of a youngster who faces down dietary demons and body-image problems to emerge healthy and self-accepting.
"It was pretty special, I've been around the club from being a youngster and seeing the slide down and now turning the corner and heading back up – it's a great feeling.
"As a youngster you would be sat down watching these games on television," recalled the Aberdonian.
Glaeser recalls a revelatory experience as a youngster when his mother sat him down and explained marginal cost pricing.
He has an excellent youth pedigree himself, having been a youngster at Manchester United before turning down a scholarship at Old Trafford to sign with Wolves as they would allow him to take his A levels alongside his football.
He could sit down, literally, as a youngster, for hours if he was playing with something... Legos, puzzles, he loved to just work at learning.
