pet name
Example Sentences
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Outside is a bench dedicated to "Jennie Wren" – the family's pet name for her daughter – where Ms Moore often sits to reflect and allow memories from happier times to return.
From BBC • Oct. 25, 2024
Most members of my family have their own pet name: My mother used to go by Moni, my niece is Bubaloo, I have Pinky Aunties and Sweetu Didis and Bubbly Uncles.
From Slate • Jul. 23, 2024
According to one explanation, Parnelli was an aunt’s pet name for her young nephew.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2024
He’ll botch a gig over his annoyance at not being allowed to call a stranger by a pet name she reserves for her closest friend.
From Salon • Feb. 9, 2024
He hates having to live with it, with a pet name turned good name, day after day, second after second.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
