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ladykin

American  
[ley-dee-kin] / ˈleɪ di kɪn /

noun

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


Etymology

Origin of ladykin

First recorded in 1850–55; lady + -kin

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

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

"Don't be alarmed, my pretty ladykin," said the witch, taking her by the hand.

From Pretty Michal by Jókai, Mór

Come, come! go home, dear heart, my darling ladykin, to your dear good lord and master, and you'll see how heartily he'll receive you!'

From Eyes Like the Sea by Jókai, Mór

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