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Definition of Baa-lamb
1. Noun. Child's word for a sheep or lamb.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Baa-lamb
Literary usage of Baa-lamb
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1873)
""The baa-lamb," replied Mr. Pip, " is a gregarious creature who dines on ...
He's an eminent baa-lamb, and you'll meet him at dinner this afternoon. ..."
2. School and Home Education by George Pliny Brown, William Chandler Bagley (1907)
""It ain't no woolly baa-lamb," retorted John James; it's Darby. ... Sure enough
the picture which had yesterday been called a "baa-lamb" was a perfect ..."
3. The Child's Friend: Being Selections from the Various Works of Berquin by Berquin (Arnaud) (1840)
"Little baa-lamb, as she now called her, became, from this time, ... baa-lamb was
so grateful for her kindness, that she was never a step distant from her. ..."
4. The Life of Charles Lamb by Edward Verrall Lucas (1907)
"This offence provoked the unmitigated rage of the school referred to, which, for
want of a fitter name, we shall call the baa-lamb SCHOOL ; and they ..."
5. Chapters on Language by Frederic William Farrar (1865)
"... only as before calling attention to the consequent necessity for the imitative
stepping-stone baa-lamb, and to the fact that if' lamb' be not imitative, ..."
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