Definition of Baa-lamb

1. Noun. Child's word for a sheep or lamb.

Generic synonyms: Lamb

Lexicographical Neighbors of Baa-lamb

b1C globulin
b1E globulin
b1F globulin
b2-glycoprotein II
bDNA
b c1 complex
b galactosidase
b haemolysin
b haemolysis
b phage
ba-dum ching
ba-wan
ba da bing ba da boom
baa
baa-lamb (current term)
baaed
baaing
baaings
baalim
baalism
baalisms
baals
baas
baases
baaskaap
baaskaaps
baaskap
baaskaps

Literary usage of Baa-lamb

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1873)
""The baa-lamb," replied Mr. Pip, " is a gregarious creature who dines on ... He's an eminent baa-lamb, and you'll meet him at dinner this afternoon. ..."

2. School and Home Education by George Pliny Brown, William Chandler Bagley (1907)
""It ain't no woolly baa-lamb," retorted John James; it's Darby. ... Sure enough the picture which had yesterday been called a "baa-lamb" was a perfect ..."

3. The Child's Friend: Being Selections from the Various Works of Berquin by Berquin (Arnaud) (1840)
"Little baa-lamb, as she now called her, became, from this time, ... baa-lamb was so grateful for her kindness, that she was never a step distant from her. ..."

4. The Life of Charles Lamb by Edward Verrall Lucas (1907)
"This offence provoked the unmitigated rage of the school referred to, which, for want of a fitter name, we shall call the baa-lamb SCHOOL ; and they ..."

5. Chapters on Language by Frederic William Farrar (1865)
"... only as before calling attention to the consequent necessity for the imitative stepping-stone baa-lamb, and to the fact that if' lamb' be not imitative, ..."

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