pet name
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The script wisely cuts back on some of the book’s cuteness, only sparingly making Jay refer to a makeshift tool by its pet name, “Beaky.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
Outside is a bench dedicated to "Jennie Wren" – the family's pet name for her daughter – where Ms Moore often sits to reflect and allow memories from happier times to return.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2024
Most members of my family have their own pet name: My mother used to go by Moni, my niece is Bubaloo, I have Pinky Aunties and Sweetu Didis and Bubbly Uncles.
From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2024
He’ll botch a gig over his annoyance at not being allowed to call a stranger by a pet name she reserves for her closest friend.
From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2024
For their daughter, good name and pet name are one and the same: Sonali, meaning “she who is golden.”
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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