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childie

childie noun: an affectionate name for a child.

Noun

childie (plural childies)

  1. an affectionate name for a child
    • Now, don't cry about it, childie!" as a big tear splashed down Ingred's dress.1921, Angela Brazil, A Popular Schoolgirl
    • "And now, childie, about your praying.1883, Jennie Maria (Drinkwater) Conklin, Miss Prudence

Examples of childie in a sentence

  • Oh, my childie," said Uncle Jo, "how wrong this has been in me!1873, Helen Hunt Jackson, Saxe Holm's Stories:
  • "Well now, childie," said Jocunda, "you can sit here and weave your garlands, while I go and look after the conserves of raisins and citrons that Sister Cattarina is making.1861, Various, Atlantic Monthly, Volume 8, Issue 45, July, 1861:

Forms of childie

pluralchildies

Origin of childie

From child + -ie.

Questions about childie

What does childie mean?
Childie means an affectionate name for a child.
How do you use childie in a sentence?
Oh, my childie," said Uncle Jo, "how wrong this has been in me!
What part of speech is childie?
Childie is a noun.
What is the plural of childie?
The plural of childie is childies.

Words near childie in the dictionary

  1. childhood memories
  2. childhood memory
  3. childhoodless
  4. childhoodlike
  5. childhoods
  6. childie
  7. childies
  8. childification
  9. childing
  10. childish
  11. childishly

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