Lambkin

Definitions

1. A young lamb, a very young sheep.
2. A term of endearment.

Equivalents

Examples

“A lambkin’s snowy fleece”

“There might ye ſee the pioney ſpread vvide, / The full-blovvn roſe, the ſhepherd and his laſs, / Lap-dog and lambkin vvith black ſtaring eyes, / And parrots vvith tvvin cherries in their beak.”

“Let⟳ vs condoll the knight: for lamkins vve vvill liue.”

“She has no real cognisance, dear lambkin, of anything at all.”

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