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Lovey

//ˈlʌvi// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An informal mode of address (associated most often with actors and the like). UK

    "“Now, my lovey, eat it up like a good girl,” said nurse, setting her lips in a way that Bertha knew, and that meant she had come into the nursery at another wrong moment."

  2. 2
    A baby's toy, blanket, or other object of affection.

    "Young children need to have certain love objects or “loveys” such as teddy bears around all the time."

Etymology

From love + -y.

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