lambkin

American  

[lam-kin] / ˈlæm kɪn /

noun

1. a little lamb.

2. a person who is exceptionally sweet, young, and innocent, as a small child.

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lambkin British  

/ ˈlæmkɪn /

noun

1. a small or young lamb

2. a term of affection for a small endearing child

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Etymology

Origin of lambkin

First recorded in 1570–80; lamb + -kin

Example Sentences

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lambkin

This chief appoints the sowing of the fields and the management of the sheep, but not a grain of oats, nor solitary lambkin belongs to him any more than to another.

From For the Right by Karl Emil Franzos

Out with the name, my sweet little lambkin.

From Turandot, Princess of China A Chinoiserie in Three Acts by Jethro Bithell

Morel, the lapidary!" said the porteress, excessively surprised; "why, he is the mildest lambkin in the world.

From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 3 of 6 by Eugène Sue

Compared with the words lamb, man, and hill, the words lambkin, mannikin, and hillock convey the idea of comparative smallness or diminution.

From A Handbook of the English Language by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham

The lambkin frisk’d, the damsel fain Would wile him back,—she called in vain.

From London Lyrics by George Cruikshank