(lambs)
1.
A lamb is a young sheep.
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Lamb is the flesh of a lamb eaten as food.
Laura was basting the leg of lamb.
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2.
People sometimes use lamb when they are addressing or referring to someone who they are fond of and who is young, gentle, or unfortunate.
She came and put her arms around me. 'You poor lamb. What's wrong?'
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3.
mutton dressed as lamb: see
mutton