lambkinn.
/ˈlamkɪn/, U.S. /ˈlæmkən/ 1. A little lamb, young lamb.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > lamb
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wool-bird1825
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1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Dec. 8 O soveraigne Pan!.. Which of our tender Lambkins takest keepe.
1613 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals I. iii. 51 Doridon..Goes sadly forth..To ope his folde and lets his Lamkins out.
1693 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Fable Acis, Polyphemus & Galatea in Examen Poeticum 92 In their warm Folds, their tender Lambkins lye.
1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey II. ix. 260 The kid distinguish'd from the lambkin lies.
1870 J. H. Newman Ess. Gram. Assent i. v. 108 The new-dropped lamb recognizes each of his fellow-lambkins as a whole.
2. transferred. A young tender person; chiefly used as a term of endearment.
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the world > people > person > child > [noun]
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God forbid1909
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1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V ii. i. 122 Let vs condoll the knight: for lamkins we will liue.
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 v. iii. 117 Sir Iohn, thy tender lambkin now is King. View more context for this quotation
1681 T. Otway Souldiers Fortune iii. i. 33 Poor Fool, poor Birdsnies! poor Lambkin.
1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxxi. 162 Well, well, Lambkin, (which the Foolish often calls me).
1812 P. B. Shelley Devil's Walk vii. 3 One would think that the innocents fair, Poor lambkins! were just doing nothing at all.
1861 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth IV. ix. 101 We will pray for her, won't we, my lambkin; when we are old enough?
1889 H. F. Wood Englishman Rue Caïn ii It staggered me, and I'm no lambkin.
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