Definition of "lambkin"

lambkin

/ˈlæmkɪn/

noun
plural lambkins
1. A young lamb, a very young sheep.
  Quotations
  A lambkin's snowy fleece
  1781, Richard Hole, Homer's Hymn to Ceres, Exeter: B. Thorn & Son, p. 38
2. A term of endearment.
  Quotations
  She has no real cognisance, dear lambkin, of anything at all.
  1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, page 28