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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
lambie .
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Examples
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I pick up my lammie, and Dan picks up his, giving it to Cox.
FLY FISHING WITH DARTH VADER MATT LABASH 2010
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Oh, wae is the lammie, that 's lost its dear mammy,
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various
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While she is light an 'merry as the lammie on the lea --
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various
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The mitherless lammie ne'er miss'd its ain mammie,
The Modern Scottish Minstrel , Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Various
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The mitherless lammie ne'er miss'd its ain mammie, vol. i.,
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various
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Poor thing! she come along with me, bless you, like a lammie that you'd pick out of the snow.
Capt'n Davy's Honeymoon Hall Caine 1892
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"Mammy's gone to the ould uncle's -- hasn't she, my lammie?"
The Manxman A Novel - 1895 Hall Caine 1892
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My gough, you daren't look over the hedge at her lammie but she's shouting fit for an earth wake.
The Manxman A Novel - 1895 Hall Caine 1892
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Moncrieff had tucked his mother up in the plaid, and she had gone off to sleep on the seat 'as gentle as "ewe lammie,"' according to her son.
Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure Gordon Stables 1875
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But one there was whose presence and whose playful ways never seemed to vex him, and that was his pet bairn, Nannie, his _wee lammie_, as he often called her.
Tom, The Bootblack or, The Road to Success Horatio Alger 1865
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