ewe lamb
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of ewe lamb
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English
Example Sentences
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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
Hammonds, the Governor's "ewe lamb" secretary, failed to whip up their lagging interest.
From Time Magazine Archive
My father had a ewe lamb that danced a pavane to my pipe on the farm of Sallowford that you sold to buy a woman the third part of a gown.'
From Privy Seal His Last Venture by Ford, Ford Madox
"Haven't you got enough disturbers of the peace already," he remarked to the Tunnelling officer, "without snatching our ewe lamb?"
From No Man's Land by McNeile, H. C. (Herman Cyril)
Luck had found his ewe lamb that was lost.
From Crooked Trails and Straight by Hutchison, D. C.
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