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little one (plural little ones)

1. A young child.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:child

   The toy store was full of little ones.

   • 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, Canto XXI, page 36:

     ⁠I do but sing because I must,
     And pipe but as the linnets sing:
     And unto one her note is gay,
     ⁠For now her little ones have ranged;
     ⁠And unto one her note is changed,
     Because her brood is stol’n away.

2. A term of endearment, especially toward a child.
   • 2014 January 14, Jocelyn Samara D., Rain (webcomic), Comic 481 - Lady:

     "How about you, little one? What do you think of me?"