dearie
/ˈdɪəri
/noun (plural dearies) informal, chiefly British
Used as a friendly or condescending form of address: having trouble, dearie?...
- You need anything else, dearies, you don't hesitate to ask, all right?
- It's comments like this that make me glad you exist, dearie.
- ‘Don't worry, dearie,’ one of them smiled, placing an old hand on his.
Phrases
dearie me!
Rhymes
- light breeze
- Light Brigade, Charge of the
- light bulb
- light-bulb moment
- light chain
- light-coloured
- light cone
- light cream
- light curve
- lighten
- lightener
- light engine
- lightening
- light entertainment
- lighter
- lighterage
- lighter fuel
- lighterman
- lighter socket
- lighter-than-air
- lightface
- lightfast
- lightfastness
- light-fingered
- light fitting