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lamby en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• (US) audio

Etymology

From lamb + -y.

Meanings

1. Resembling or characteristic of a lamb or the meat of a lamb.
   • When I arrived at the house, crying, 'And how are you, my lambiest lamb?' he'd be about to reply, telling me how exhausted he felt from being up all night winding my grandson, when he discovered that I had zoomed past him to speak to the baby. 2009, Virginia Ironside, The Virginia Monologues: Why Growing Old is Great, unnumbered page:
   • Méchoui is like a foretaste of paradise, the tenderest and most delicious meat surrounded by the crispest, lambiest skin imaginable. 2002, Jeffrey Steingarten, It Must've Been Something I Ate, unnumbered page:
   • The resulting sausages, incorporated into various dishes or grilled on their own, are plump torpedoes of lamby goodness, aggressively and expertly spiced. 2007 May 6, “Eastward Ho”, in New York Times:
   • We try to avoid a lamby or "woolly" flavor. 1994, Shirley Humphrey, Eric Mussen, Small farm handbook, page 104:
   • And not just lamb; we're talkin' mutton, old lamb, which has an even deeper, lambier flavor. 2003, David Rosengarten, It's All American Food: The Best Recipes for More than 400 New American Classics, unnumbered page:

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Deriveds

lambiness

lamby en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• (US) audio

Etymology

From lamb + -y.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of lambie.
   alt of lambie
   • Now, if you're thinking being a shepherd means sitting around playing a harp and saying things like, “Here, lamby,” you are mistaken. 2012, Andy Holmes, My First Devotional, page 67:
   • With a big heavy bucket full of bottles of warm milk, she would call out, “Here, lamby, lamby, lamby.” 2009, Patricia McClaflin, Reflections of a Wyoming Shepherd on the 23rd Psalm, unnumbered page:
   • "It's a lamby, Callie! A little baby lamby." 2011, Betty LeMaster, Princess Flats and Reservations, page 198:

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