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Definition of Little sister
1. Noun. A younger sister.
Definition of Little sister
1. Noun. A sibling's younger sister (''used especially by children or by parents in speaking to their children''). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Little Sister
Literary usage of Little sister
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1867)
"No. no, my dear lady," answered the little sister, with childish earnestness ; "
I must wrestle with temptation, and overthrow my rebellious passions. ..."
2. The Holy Bible by Canadian Bible Society (1851)
"8 It We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts : what shall wo do for our
sister in tho day when she shall be spoken for Í 3 His left hand ..."
3. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1889)
"Marie also was frightened: not so much as her little sister, but she did not ...
Louise, the little sister, was frightened; the man's eyes reminded her of ..."
4. A Project Curriculum: Dealing with the Project as a Means of Organizing the by Margaret Elizabeth Wells (1921)
"Ethel is the little sister. John is the little brother. 6. ... Elsie is the little
sister. Evelyn is the aunt. Rose is the grandmother. 8. ..."
5. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1837)
"COMs in, little sister, so healthful and fair, Come, ... The rose from your
prairie — the nuts from your tree — What a good little sister ! ..."
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