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lambkin
Part of speech: NounA little lamb; a child that is tenderly cherished.
Usage examples "lambkin":- Once more, the lambkin called Laura saw fit to sunder itself from the flock, and to cut mad capers in sight of them all. - "The Getting of Wisdom", Henry Handel Richardson.
- When the cook heard that the lambkin could speak and said such sad words to the fish down below, he was terrified and thought this could be no common lamb, but must be bewitched by the wicked woman in the house. - "Household Tales by Brothers Grimm", Grimm Brothers.
- Oh, my guileless lambkin! - "The Cardinal's Snuff-Box", Henry Harland.