deary
noun
dearie
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a variation of
deary.
Example Sentences
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The clerk replied, “‘Oh, don’t worry dearie, all the boys buy their clothes from us,’” he recounted in an interview with the Age newspaper in Melbourne.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 22, 2023
The Scottish lament, “Sleep, dearie, sleep,” echoed through the abbey as the service drew to a close and the coffin was carried to a naval gun carriage for the trip.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 19, 2022
The Sovereign's Piper of the Royal Regiment of Scotland will play 'Sleep, dearie, sleep'.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2022
“I am sure some of you have been there, like. They gave me my shoes back, I put my laces back in. And I am thinking: ‘I have a derby game tomorrow night, dearie me.’”
From The Guardian ● Sep. 26, 2014
And then she said, "It can wait. For a little. After all, you are not going anywhere, my dearie?"
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
