Noun: duckie dú-kee
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
- A special loved one
"The elderly couple still called each other 'duckie' after fifty years of marriage";
- darling, favorite [US], favourite [Brit, Cdn], pet, dearie [Brit, informal], deary [informal], ducky [informal], jo [UK, archaic, dialect], acushla [Ireland], honeybunch [informal], honeybun [N. Amer, informal]
Type of: lover
Encyclopedia: Duckie