littlie en · NOUN
Etymology
From little + -ie.
Meanings
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(colloquial) A small person or child.
Auntie Marg was down from Magnet and me and Lee played cricket out the back with the littlies to get some air and keep them busy.
2018, Tim Winton, The Shepherd's Hut, Picador UK Paperback edition 2018, p. 114‘Terrible hard job it was ta leave im, that time I took the two littlies up.’
1961, Nene Gare, The Fringe Dwellers, Text Classics, published 2012, page 55:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| littlies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |