pet name
Americannoun
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pet names
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of pet name
First recorded in 1910–15
Example Sentences
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“I realized Larry was falling in love with me,” she told The Times in 1996, when he called her by a pet name while they were in rehearsals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2025
Outside is a bench dedicated to "Jennie Wren" – the family's pet name for her daughter – where Ms Moore often sits to reflect and allow memories from happier times to return.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2024
He’ll botch a gig over his annoyance at not being allowed to call a stranger by a pet name she reserves for her closest friend.
From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2024
Roman knows who Mencken is, better than any of the Roys do; in Season 3, it was to him that Mencken expressed his openness to borrowing ideas from “H,” his pet name for Hitler.
From New York Times ● May 15, 2023
“Polly-girl” had been her father’s pet name for her, and it angered her to hear it pour so carelessly from the mouth of this unpleasant young man.
From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper
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