deary

How to use deary in a sentence

• Twas he, a tender deary, that made Anthony marry me, and thereby turned hisself from a little calamity to a little blessing!

  Two on a Tower | Thomas Hardy

• But don't you fret about Bambo, deary; he'll soon be all right, never fear, once you and missy are safe at home.

  Two Little Travellers | Frances Browne Arthur

• Occasionally a proud son of Lenox borrowed the coat of an officer to appear smart in the picture he was to send to his deary.

  Company G | A. R. (Albert Rowe) Barlow

• "Yes, my deary; he did come at last," she said, in a voice full of a satisfaction that was almost solemn in its intensity.

  Silver Pitchers: and Independence | Louisa May Alcott

• She understood, and said: 'deary, that ole bull has to be helped to his stall every night after a day in the pastoor.

  Girl Scouts in the Adirondacks | Lillian Elizabeth Roy