lambkin
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlæmkɪn/
- Hyphenation: lamb‧kin
Noun
lambkin (plural lambkins)
- A young lamb, a very young sheep.
- 1781, Richard Hole, Homer's Hymn to Ceres, Exeter: B. Thorn & Son, p. 38:
- A lambkin's snowy fleece
- 1781, Richard Hole, Homer's Hymn to Ceres, Exeter: B. Thorn & Son, p. 38:
- A term of endearment.
- 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, page 28:
- She has no real cognisance, dear lambkin, of anything at all.
Translations
a young lamb
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