| 释义 |
motherkin, -kins|ˈmʌðəkɪn|
[f. mother n.1 + -kin.]
An affectionate diminutive for ‘mother’.
1879Browning Ivan Ivanovitch 55 See, motherkin, your friends! 1896Mrs. Caffyn Quaker Grandmother viii. 89 ‘Oh, frivolous motherkin’, he said. 1905M. Barnes-Grundy Vacill. Hazel 259 ‘What is the matter?’ ‘Nothing’... ‘Really?’..‘Really, motherkins’, I replied. |