ladybird
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of ladybird
C18: named after Our Lady, the Virgin Mary
Example Sentences
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In summer 2020, Caleb received his first Ladybird book of ornithology - the scientific study of birds - to help deal with the boredom of lockdown.
From BBC • Jul. 10, 2023
She decided whatever rebirth would happen for Ladybird had to include Jerry and the rest of the hungry people she’d been serving.
From Washington Post • Sep. 14, 2020
Because we’ve all been there; we’ve all been Ladybird, crying about relationships while bombs went off somewhere else.
From The Verge • Mar. 12, 2020
As with all the other subjects covered by Hazeley and Morris, the book matches images from the Ladybird archive with deceptively simple text.
From The Guardian • Dec. 24, 2019
Ladybird sat waiting for him on the flat-screen TV.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
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