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Liefling

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Noun
  1. 1
    One held as lief or dear; a darling. South-Africa

    "'Really, liefling?' she says. Tell me what happened.'"

Etymology

Equivalent to lief + -ling (compare darling = dear + -ling), perhaps from or modelled after Afrikaans liefling (“darling”), German Liebling (“darling”). Compare also loveling.

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