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Grammar : Noun
Spell : deer-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɪər i



Definition of dearies

Origin :
  • also dearie, diminutive of dear with a notion of "dear one."
  • As in honey : noun lover
  • As in sweetie : noun darling
  • As in darling : noun sweetheart, favorite person
Example sentences :
  • But, dearies, I think you will always be my favourites—mine and Juliana's.
  • Extract from : « Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1904 » by Lucy Maud Montgomery
  • "I am just sending a line to your mothers, dearies," 47she said to Edna and Dorothy.
  • Extract from : « A Dear Little Girl's Summer Holidays » by Amy E. Blanchard
  • Hes a kind of cousin of Glans father, dearies, observed Aunt Janet.
  • Extract from : « Knock Three Times! » by Marion St. John Webb
  • Come and kiss your old granny, my dearies, and trot away and have your dew-baths.
  • Extract from : « Furze the Cruel » by John Trevena
  • "You will look like a field of daisies and clover, dearies," said grandmamma.
  • Extract from : « Holiday Stories for Young People » by Various
  • But the young and beautiful like you, my dearies, do not so die at Machecoul.
  • Extract from : « The Black Douglas » by S. R. Crockett
  • Sit you down, dearies, and rest yourselves, and Aunt Janetll have things ready in no time for you.
  • Extract from : « Knock Three Times! » by Marion St. John Webb
  • They were just about your age, and Iand theygood-night, dearies, she stooped suddenly and kissed them each on the forehead.
  • Extract from : « Knock Three Times! » by Marion St. John Webb
  • “Yes indeed, dearies, you may all take home whatever you make,” their young teacher told them.
  • Extract from : « Nan of the Gypsies » by Grace May North
  • "For you know, my dearies, your poor Grandmamma has not been well and the start might be bad for her," she explained.
  • Extract from : « "Us" » by Mary Louisa S. Molesworth

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