ladykin
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of ladykin
Example Sentences
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It is Jackie's own ladykin, a dressmaker's dummy that has all of her dimensions.
From Time Magazine Archive
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"Don't be alarmed, my pretty ladykin," said the witch, taking her by the hand.
From Pretty Michal by Jókai, Mór
In the meantime the young ladykin whom the solemn vowing concerned had lingered round the choir screen, as if fearing to enter, yet loth to go away.
From The Hand of Ethelberta by Hardy, Thomas
It had not even slept with me; I had missed it in my room,—that baby of mine, that doll, that ladykin!
From Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 by Sheppard, Elizabeth
The y is not changed before ship, as in secretaryship, ladyship, etc., nor in babyhood and ladykin.
From The Art Of Writing & Speaking The English Language Word-Study and Composition & Rhetoric by Cody, Sherwin
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