ewe

• Usually it's an old ewe, and some people think it's something to do with hormones; other people think it's something in their looks. —  Futures Imperfect
• The young ewe-milkers delighted, she says, to carry him about on their backs among the crags; and he was "very gleg (quick) at the uptake, and soon kenned every sheep and lamb by headmark as well as any of them." —  Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume I (of 10)
• His kindly heart yearned over this ewe-lamb of his large flock. —  The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance
• While, notwithstanding the genial heat of the summer's day, she presented a starved and chilly appearance.--"Always indulged Connie," she repeated, "and that has inclined her to be rather selfish and fanciful The above statements, both regarding his own conduct and the effect of that conduct upon his little ewe-lamb, nettled the amiable nobleman considerably. —  The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance
• What the deuce,--he did not like bad language, but really,--what the dickens, had all these to do with his ewe-lamb, innocent little Constance, her virgin-white body and soul, and her sweet, wide-eyed prettiness My dear Louisa, no doubt you know what you mean, but I give you my word I don't," he began Hear, hear, my dear father," put in Mr. Quayle. "There I am with you. —  The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance

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