ladykin

[ ley-dee-kin ]

noun

1. a little lady (often used as a term of endearment).

Word History and Origins

Origin of ladykin¹

First recorded in 1850–55; lady + -kin

Example Sentences

Oh, Ladykin, wouldn't you, couldn't you please say something curly?

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He was always telling Ladykin that she smelled of raspberry jam.

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Ladykin chose green and blue and pink and red and yellow, also purple.

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There were times, you think, when Ladykin wished that her Mother was a sea-gull.

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By 'r lakin:—By our ladykin (little lady); an oath by the Virgin Mary.

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