Meanings
plural dahlings
- term of addressdarling (imitating a posh or pretentious person)
(She seems to be saying to her son, “But dahling, if you don’t marry one of these dreary girls, all these frightful yobs will think you’re gay.”)
2007 June 27, Alastair Macaulay, “How Could There Be Ballet Before the Swans Learned to Dance?”, in New York Times
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dahling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dahling
“dahling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dahling. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dahling,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dahling.
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