darling
/ˈdɑɹlɪŋ/ noun B2- Often used as an affectionate term of address: a person who is very dear to one. · Pass the wine, would you, darling?
- A person who is kind, sweet, etc., and thus lovable; a pet, a sweetheart; also, an animal or thing which is cute and lovable. · The girl next door picks up all my shopping for me. She is such a darling.
- A favourite.
- The favourite child in a family. · Mary, the youngest daughter, was always her mother’s darling.
- A person (often a woman) or thing that is very popular with a certain group of people. · a media darling· a darling of the theatre
Plural darlings
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My own darling Diana:--
She said Malcolm told Susan that his dad had given him the farm in his own name and then said, ‘What do you say, darling pet, if we get hitched this fall?
“You old darling, it’s perfectly splendid to see you back again.
The darling wish of his sisters was then gratified: he bought an estate in a neighbouring county to Derbyshire; and Jane and Elizabeth, in addition to every other source of happiness, were within thirty miles of each other.
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