daughterlingn.
/ˈdɔːtəlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈdɔdərlɪŋ/, /ˈdɑdərlɪŋ/ Somewhat rare.
A (little) daughter. Also as an affectionate form of address. Cf. daughterkin n.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > daughter > [noun]
daughtereOE
maiden bairna1400
little girl1549
daughterkina1605
queanie?1800
daughterling1853
DD1996
1853 C. Brontë Villette II. xxvi. 234 What am I to do with this daughter or daughterling of mine?
1884 J. Payne tr. Tales from Arabic II. 214 So he kept me with him and used not to call me but ‘daughterling’.
1922 L. M. Middleton Happy Adventurers vii. 276 I came down partly to see how my daughterling was getting along.
1937 G. Frankau More of Us iv. 44 Mount's murmuring dancing daughterling continued.
1964 V. Nabokov tr. A. S. Pushkin Eugene Onegin I. 335 The gamester brought his decks.., The landowner, ripe daughters, And daughterlings.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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