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
Hey, my kitten, my kitten Hey, my kitten, my kitten, And hey, my kitten, my deary!
From National Rhymes of the Nursery by Various
Eh, lovey, dovey, deary, and is it you, swelley?
From A Woman's Burden by Fergus Hume
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
Then—'Well?' she almost screamed, 'is it really you, my dearies?'
From The Flamp, The Ameliorator, and The Schoolboy's Apprentice by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas
Kiss, my dearies," says he; "was ever such dainty ladies?
From The McBrides A Romance of Arran by John Sillars
You've come to the right shop, dearies, to be sure.
From David and the Phoenix by Joan Raysor
