† ding-ding Obs.
Also ding-dong.
An expression of endearment.
| 1564 W. Bullein Dial. agst. Pest. (1888) 91 He goeth a woyng, my dyng, dyng; and if he spedeth, my dearlyng, what getteth he, my swetyng? 1602 Withals Dict. 61 My ding-ding, my darling. a 1611 Beaum. & Fl. Philaster v. iv, Let Philaster be deeper in request, my ding dongs, My pairs of dear indentures, kings of clubs. |