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ewe lamb

ewe lamb noun: a female lamb.

Noun

ewe lamb (plural ewe lambs)

  1. A female lamb.
  2. A poor person's sole possession (in reference to the Bible, 2 Samuel xii).
    • It was my first book, my only book, my ewe lamb; but it was not a “work,” not an “important publication, ” like Mr. Lecky's “Map of Life." The reviewers did not welcome it either eagerly or seriously.1900, The Book Lover, numbers 5-10, page 234

ewe lamb meaning in Tamil and Punjabi

ewe lamb in Tamil

பெட்டைச் செம்மறிக்குட்டி

ewe lamb in Punjabi

a ewe lamb
ਸੱਸੀ sassī

Forms of ewe lamb

pluralewe lambs

Origin of ewe lamb

From Middle English ewe lambren pl.

Questions about ewe lamb

What does ewe lamb mean?
Ewe lamb means a female lamb.
What is ewe lamb in Tamil?
Ewe lamb in Tamil is பெட்டைச் செம்மறிக்குட்டி. See Ewe lamb meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ewe lamb?
Ewe lamb is a noun.
What is the plural of ewe lamb?
The plural of ewe lamb is ewe lambs.

Words near ewe lamb in the dictionary

  1. EWC
  2. EWDC
  3. ewe
  4. ewe cat
  5. ewe cats
  6. ewe lamb
  7. ewe lambs
  8. ewe neck
  9. ewe necks
  10. ewe-neck
  11. ewe-necked

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ewe lamb (page history and authors); ewe lamb (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਸੱਸੀ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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