ˈsock-lamb
[? f. sock n.3]
A lamb brought up by hand; a pet-lamb. Also transf.
| 1838 Holloway Prov. Dict., A sock-lamb, a lamb brought up by hand and domesticated. 1880 E. G. O'Reilly Stories III. 299 A sock lamb was nibbling the short grass. 1903 A. Austin Flodden Field iii, All Ford hath, And all that is within it, save it be That sock-lamb, Margery. |