noun
- plural of lambkin; young lambs or small sheep
- terms of endearment for beloved people, especially children
Usage: affectionate
Examples
- The farmer watched over his lambkins in the spring pasture.
- The newborn lambkins stayed close to their mothers.
- Come here, my little lambkins, it’s time for dinner.
- She called her grandchildren her precious lambkins.
- The shepherd counted all his lambkins before nightfall.
- The children giggled when grandmother called them her lambkins.