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Then Dinky-Dunk and I both like to give pet-names to things.

From The Prairie Wife by Dunn, Harvey

Of German pet-names some are formed by abbreviation; some also add s, as Fritz for Frieds from Friedrich, Hanns for Hann from Johann.

From Notes and Queries, Number 16, February 16, 1850 by Various

It is not at all clear what he is shouting, but apparently it is the pet-names of the bears, for there is a wild rush for the various cages.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-04-25 by Seaman, Owen, Sir

IT MAY be bad form for a man to pay his wife compliments and call her pet-names in the presence of other women, but it's awfully good policy.

From Reflections of a Bachelor Girl by Rowland, Helen

"Yes; and we had a great many flowery pet-names beside," replied she.

From A Romance of the Republic by Child, Lydia Maria Francis