lambkin
noun/ˈlæmkɪn/
Etymology From lamb + -kin.
1
A young lamb, a very young sheep.
- A lambkin’s snowy fleece1781, Richard Hole, Homer's Hymn to Ceres, Exeter: B. Thorn & Son, p. 38
- There might ye ſee the pioney ſpread vvide, / The full-blovvn roſe, the ſhepherd and his laſs, / Lap-dog and lambkin vvith black ſtaring eyes, / And parrots vvith tvvin cherries in their beak.1785, William Cowper, “Book I. The Sofa.”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson; […], →OCLC, page 3:
2
A term of endearment.
- Let vs condoll the knight: for lamkins vve vvill liue.1599 (date written), [William Shakespeare], The Cronicle History of Henry the Fift, […] (First Quarto), London: […] Thomas Creede, for Tho[mas] Millington, and Iohn Busby […], published 1600, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], signature B2, verso:
- She has no real cognisance, dear lambkin, of anything at all.1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, page 28: