英和和英

名詞

dovie (plural dovies)

1. Synonym of dove (“term of endearment”).
   • 1929, The Vanguard (volume 4, page 42)

     LASSALLE: (caressing her hair) The first condition, my dovie, is calmness.

   • quoted in 2004, Emma Frances Spaulding Bryant, ‎Ruth Douglas Currie, Emma Spaulding Bryant (page 54)

     The one thing lacking has been supplied and my dovie is willing to make me happy for life. I love you darling more and more and may God preserve us both to be a blessing to each other.