deary
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It comes when Callas, resplendent even in a bathrobe, glides into the kitchen to sing at Bruna while the poor deary cooks her an omelet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2024
Laurie thanked her with a look that made her think in a sudden panic, “Oh, deary me! I know he’ll say something, and then what shall I do?”
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
But I’m content, for it’s comin’ to me, my deary, and comin’ quick.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
"Yes, my deary; he did come at last," she said, in a voice full of a satisfaction that was almost solemn in its intensity.
From Silver Pitchers: and Independence A Centennial Love Story by Louisa May Alcott
Alas! my deary, you are unfitted to battle with the world.
From My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Lewis Wingfield
Step on a crack, my dearies, step on a crack and teach your granny to suck eggs from her one basket.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 2, 2019
We had them all: cat’s-eyes, aggies, dearies, milkies, steelies, glassies, onionskins.
From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm
Ah, but dearies, I've no Wail worth four pieces of gold.
From David and the Phoenix by Joan Raysor
"All right, dearies, but hurry so you will be here if he comes," returned Mrs. Starr, smiling with anticipation.
From Five Little Starrs in the Canadian Forest by Lillian Elizabeth Roy
"Which will you have, dearies?" said the old lady, drawing near the young girls' corner, "travilla cream or melon?"
From Elsie's Womanhood by Martha Finley
