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babe

/beɪb/ noun B2
  1. A baby or infant; a very young human or animal. (literary) · These events came to pass when he was but a babe.
  2. An attractive person, especially a young woman. (slang) · She's a real babe!
  3. A darling (a term of endearment). · Hey, babe, how's about you and me getting together?

Plural babes

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He is after the secretary Stangerson, who had no more to do with the crime than the babe unborn.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 58 · B2
Look, he has pushed one of my babes to one side already.
The Jungle Book, p. 7 · B2

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