boykinn.
/ˈbɔɪkɪn/, U.S. /ˈbɔɪkən/ Now rare.
As a term of affection: a little boy.
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the world > people > person > child > boy > [noun]
knightc893
knapec1000
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knape childc1175
knave-childa1225
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knight-bairnc1275
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swainc1386
knave-bairna1400
little mana1425
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little boya1475
lad1535
boykin1540
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kinchin-co(ve)1567
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laddie1721
charity-boy1723
pam-child1760
chappie1822
bo1825
boyo1835
wagling1837
shirttail boy1840
boysie1846
umfaan1852
nipper1859
yob1859
fellow-my-lad?1860
laddo1870
chokra1875
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spalpeen1891
spadger1899
bug1900
boychick1921
sonny boy1928
sonny1939
okie1943
lightie1946
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oke1970
the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun] > of or to a man > of or to a boy
boykin1540
pillicock1598
laddie1721
1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus iii. v. sig. Riii Hoo my swete mannyken, or pretye boykyn [L. dulcis pusio], what nowe?
a1652 R. Brome New Acad. i. i. 3 in Five New Playes (1659) Where's my Boykin? my Friskoe? my Delight?
a1687 C. Cotton Aeneid Burlesqued (1692) ii. 80 I'm fixt to go along With thee, my boykin, right or wrong.
1822 T. Mitchell tr. Dicast turned Gentleman in tr. Aristophanes Comedies II. 316 This species, boykin? cruet or sea-spider?
1831 W. M. Thackeray Let. 22 Nov. (1945) I. 174 Good night boykin—God bless you Teddibus.
1890 J. Brown Literae Laureatae 48 One boykin's donkey pitched him ower.
1972 R. Davies Manticore (1987) ii. i. 83 On a few occasions he called me ‘boykin’ an endearment nobody else used.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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