Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
deary .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Same as
deary .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who is
dear ;sweetie .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a special loved one
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Examples
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Yes | No | Report from archer88 wrote 51 weeks 5 days ago try a lindy rig and depending on the water an erie dearie is always good for something different!
I will be heading north to Eagle Lake (Ontario) this Spring at the end of May for a fishing trip. 2009
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Yes | No | Report from archer88 wrote 51 weeks 5 days ago try a lindy rig and depending on the water an erie dearie is always good for something different!
I will be heading north to Eagle Lake (Ontario) this Spring at the end of May for a fishing trip. 2009
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The most memorable episode occurred one night when a male nurse insisted on bathing her -- and kept calling her "dearie."
Richard C. Senelick, M.D.: Little Privacy in Health Care -- Shame on Us M.D. Richard C. Senelick 2011
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The most memorable episode occurred one night when a male nurse insisted on bathing her -- and kept calling her "dearie."
Richard C. Senelick, M.D.: Little Privacy in Health Care -- Shame on Us M.D. Richard C. Senelick 2011
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The most memorable episode occurred one night when a male nurse insisted on bathing her -- and kept calling her "dearie."
Richard C. Senelick, M.D.: Little Privacy in Health Care -- Shame on Us M.D. Richard C. Senelick 2011
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The most memorable episode occurred one night when a male nurse insisted on bathing her -- and kept calling her "dearie."
Richard C. Senelick, M.D.: Little Privacy in Health Care -- Shame on Us M.D. Richard C. Senelick 2011
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The most memorable episode occurred one night when a male nurse insisted on bathing her -- and kept calling her "dearie."
Richard C. Senelick, M.D.: Little Privacy in Health Care -- Shame on Us M.D. Richard C. Senelick 2011
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The most memorable episode occurred one night when a male nurse insisted on bathing her -- and kept calling her "dearie."
Richard C. Senelick, M.D.: Little Privacy in Health Care -- Shame on Us M.D. Richard C. Senelick 2011
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Well, they're comfortable, dearie, which is more than you can say for those high-heeled slippers of yours.
Card Trick Randall Garrett 1957
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Now, you know Anne dearie, that isn't the right thing for manse children – especially when the Methodist minister's little girl always wears such nice buttoned boots.
Rainbow Valley Lucy Maud 1919
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