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deary


noun, plural dear·ies. Informal: Sometimes Facetious.

  1. darling.

noun

  1. plural dearies informal a term of affection: now often sarcastic or facetious
  2. deary me! or dearie me! an exclamation of surprise or dismay
n.

also dearie, diminutive of dear with a notion of “dear one.”

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