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Synonyms for lambing

Grammar : Verb
Spell : lam
Phonetic Transcription : læm

Définition of lambing

Origin :
  • Old English lamb "lamb," from Proto-Germanic *lambaz (cf. Old Norse, Old Frisian, Gothic lamb, Middle Dutch, Dutch lam, Middle High German lamp, German Lamm "lamb"). Common to the Germanic languages, but with no certain cognates outside them. Old English plural was lomberu. Applied to persons (especially young Church members, gentle souls, etc.) from late Old English. Also sometimes used ironically for cruel or rough characters (e.g. Kirke's Lambs in wars of 1684-86). Lamb's-wool (adj.) is from 1550s.
  • As in cosset : verb care for lovingly
Example sentences :
  • Father's up at the lambing camp, and I've fed all the little beasties.
  • Extract from : « Prairie Flowers » by James B. Hendryx
  • After my return to Clifton, I was kept busy preparing for lambing.
  • Extract from : « Reminiscences of Queensland » by William Henry Corfield
  • And in January and February too, when all the lambing is coming on.
  • Extract from : « Mrs. Craddock » by W. Somerset Maugham
  • Well, it was just the lambing time, and Kirstin had to look after the ewes.
  • Extract from : « Four Short Plays » by (AKA Lady Bell) Florence Eveleen Eleanore Olliffe
  • Terrible fellows, both of them, in lambing time or in the poultry yard.
  • Extract from : « In the West Country » by Francis A. Knight
  • What used to be our best time, the lambing season, came to be the worst.
  • Extract from : « Lords of the World » by Alfred John Church
  • They had been driven there the summer before from the lambing grounds in the mountains.
  • Extract from : « Fidelity » by Susan Glaspell
  • The lambing season had come and gone, and the flock of sheep had doubled in number.
  • Extract from : « Out on the Pampas » by G. A. Henty
  • Well, Shepherd Oak, and how's lambing this year, if I mid say it?
  • Extract from : « Far from the Madding Crowd » by Thomas Hardy
  • "It'll be about over with lambing season, now," he added reflectively.
  • Extract from : « Leaves from a Field Note-Book » by J. H. Morgan

Antonyms for lambing

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