lambkin

American  

[lam-kin] / ˈlæm kɪn /

noun

1. a little lamb.

2. a person who is exceptionally sweet, young, and innocent, as a small child.

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lambkin British  

/ ˈlæmkɪn /

noun

1. a small or young lamb

2. a term of affection for a small endearing child

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Etymology

Origin of lambkin

First recorded in 1570–80; lamb + -kin

Example Sentences

Oh, little lambkin, death is hard for thee, Though many a weary wight would gladly flee From all the trouble of this mortal life, And bid Farewell to grief, and pain, and strife.

From Bristol Bells A Story of the Eighteenth Century by Marshall, Emma

Meanwhile Jack sat and nursed his three wishes, feeling as gay-hearted about his good luck as a lambkin with three tails.

From Edmund Dulac's Fairy-Book Fairy Tales of the Allied Nations by Dulac, Edmund

This chief appoints the sowing of the fields and the management of the sheep, but not a grain of oats, nor solitary lambkin belongs to him any more than to another.

From For the Right by Franzos, Karl Emil

Why, you lambkin pure as snow once followed to the pasture, I'll tell you how so; but, on your drinking-oath, you must swear to let nobody know it.

From Black Forest Village Stories by Auerbach, Berthold

Out with the name, my sweet little lambkin.

From Turandot, Princess of China A Chinoiserie in Three Acts by Bithell, Jethro