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ladykin
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ladykin, n. [Lady + -kin.].
A little lady; -- applied by the writers of Queen Elizabeth's time, in the abbreviated form Lakin , to the Virgin Mary. [1913 Webster]
" The diminutive does not refer to size, but is equivalent to “dear.”" Brewer.
[1913 Webster]
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