lamby

comparative lambier · comparative more lamby · superlative lambiest · superlative most lamby

1. Resembling or characteristic of a lamb or the meat of a lamb.

   We try to avoid a lamby or "woolly" flavor.

   1994, Shirley Humphrey, Eric Mussen, Small farm handbook, page 104

   4 more examples

   The resulting sausages, incorporated into various dishes or grilled on their own, are plump torpedoes of lamby goodness, aggressively and expertly spiced.

   2007 May 6, “Eastward Ho”, in New York Times

   Méchoui is like a foretaste of paradise, the tenderest and most delicious meat surrounded by the crispest, lambiest skin imaginable.

   2002, Jeffrey Steingarten, It Must've Been Something I Ate, unnumbered page

   And not just lamb; we're talkin' mutton, old lamb, which has an even deeper, lambier flavor.

   2003, David Rosengarten, It's All American Food: The Best Recipes for More than 400 New American Classics, unnumbered page

   When I arrived at the house, crying, 'And how are you, my lambiest lamb?' he'd be about to reply, telling me how exhausted he felt from being up all night winding my grandson, when he discovered that I had zoomed past him to speak to the baby.

   2009, Virginia Ironside, The Virginia Monologues: Why Growing Old is Great, unnumbered page

plural lambies

1. alternativeAlternative form of lambie.

   "It's a lamby, Callie! A little baby lamby."

   2011, Betty LeMaster, Princess Flats and Reservations, page 198

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   With a big heavy bucket full of bottles of warm milk, she would call out, “Here, lamby, lamby, lamby.”

   2009, Patricia McClaflin, Reflections of a Wyoming Shepherd on the 23rd Psalm, unnumbered page

   Now, if you're thinking being a shepherd means sitting around playing a harp and saying things like, “Here, lamby,” you are mistaken.

   2012, Andy Holmes, My First Devotional, page 67

1. Nickname for George Lamb (born 1979), English radio and television presenter.