ewe lamb
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of ewe lamb
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English
Example Sentences
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Hammonds, the Governor's "ewe lamb" secretary, failed to whip up their lagging interest.
From Time Magazine Archive
So Romajean came to sing in the choir of the Primitive Pentacostal Host Church, and Gudger figured that he had added another tender ewe lamb to his flock.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Colonel spoke guardedly and damned Broussard with faint praise, as he would any man whom he thought likely to rob him of his one ewe lamb; yet the Colonel thought himself a just man.
From Betty at Fort Blizzard by Seawell, Molly Elliot
“He’ll provide for our ewe lamb, I’m sure.”
From Turn About Eleanor by Cootes, F. Graham
Beside this there is no other whether it seem to thine eye a palm tree, a shouting child, a ewe lamb or a lily.
From The Coming of the King by Babcock, Bernie
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