ladykin

American  

[ley-dee-kin] / ˈleɪ di kɪn /

noun

1. a little lady (often used as a term of endearment).

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Etymology

Origin of ladykin

First recorded in 1850–55; lady + -kin

Example Sentences

But everybody called her Ladykin.

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Ladykin chose green and blue and pink and red and yellow, also purple.

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Ladykin declared that she wasn't afraid of anything in the world except of Being Homely.

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Sam and Ladykin's Father kept a huge candy store.

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Ladykin went to her answer with impetuous certainty: "Our Mother," she announced, "is fat and short and wears skin-tight dresses, and is President of the Woman's Club, and is sometimes cross."

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