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prettikins

prettikins noun: affectionate term of address to a person who is pretty.

Noun

prettikins (plural prettikins)

  1. (colloquial) Affectionate term of address to a person who is pretty.
    • "I took my cat, Prettikins, to three vets who told me her urinary tract infection had progressed too far and there was nothing they could do," says widowed grandmother Allyson Taivor.1999, Weekly World News, volume 20, number 48, page 9
    • “Not you, prettikins, him.” He pointed at Marston.2007, Richard A. Lupoff, The Compleat Ova Hamlet, page 234

Forms of prettikins

pluralprettikins

Origin of prettikins

From pretty + -kins.

Questions about prettikins

What does prettikins mean?
Prettikins means affectionate term of address to a person who is pretty.
What part of speech is prettikins?
Prettikins is a noun.
What is the plural of prettikins?
The plural of prettikins is prettikins.

Words near prettikins in the dictionary

  1. prettifiers
  2. prettifies
  3. prettiful
  4. prettify
  5. prettifying
  6. prettikins
  7. prettily
  8. prettiness
  9. prettinesses
  10. pretty
  11. pretty as a picture

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