prettikins en · NOUN
Etymology
From pretty + -kins.
Meanings
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(colloquial) Affectionate term of address to a person who is pretty.
“Not you, prettikins, him.” He pointed at Marston.
2007, Richard A. Lupoff, The Compleat Ova Hamlet, page 234:"I took my cat, Prettikins, to three vets who told me her urinary tract infection had progressed too far and there was nothing they could do," says widowed grandmother Allyson Taivor.
1999, Weekly World News, volume 20, number 48, page 9:“Trust me, prettikins, not much in this world can resist my embrace.”
2013, Robin Wayne Bailey, Dragonkin:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| prettikins | Number=Plur | lexicographic |