Ladkin

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A little lad. archaic

    "Tharrhon that young ladkin hight, / He prayed this aged Sire for to reveal / What way this Dragons poyſonous deſpight, / And ſtrong Pantheothens inwalling might, / We may eſcape."

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"Tharrhon that young ladkin hight, / He prayed this aged Sire for to reveal / What way this Dragons poyſonous deſpight, / And ſtrong Pantheothens inwalling might, / We may eſcape."

Etymology

From lad + -kin.

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