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Ewe lamb

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A female lamb.
  2. 2
    A poor person's sole possession (in reference to the Bible, 2 Samuel xii).

    "It was my first book, my only book, my ewe lamb; but it was not a “work,” not an “important publication, ” like Mr. Lecky's “Map of Life." The reviewers did not welcome it either eagerly or seriously."

Etymology

From Middle English ewe lambren pl.

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