little one

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little one (plural little ones)

  1. A young child.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:child
    The toy store was full of little ones.
    • 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, [], →OCLC, Canto XXI, page 36:
      ⁠I do but sing because I must,
      And pipe but as the linnets sing:
      And unto one her note is gay,
      ⁠For now her little ones have ranged;
      ⁠And unto one her note is changed,
      Because her brood is stol’n away.
  2. A term of endearment, especially toward a child.
    • 2014 January 14, Jocelyn Samara D., Rain (webcomic), Comic 481 - Lady:
      "How about you, little one? What do you think of me?"

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