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dautie

American  
[daw-tee, dah-] / ˈdɔ ti, ˈdɑ- /

noun

Scot.
  1. a darling.


Etymology

Origin of dautie

First recorded in 1670–80; daut + -ie


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Weel ken I, my dautie, that he disna ken better; but I canna help thinkin he's maybe no that far frae the waukin.

From Salted with Fire by George MacDonald

"Sit ye there, my dautie, till they all see you"; and forthwith he brought them all.

From Stories of Childhood by Rossiter Johnson

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