"dearie" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From dear + -ie.",
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      "form": "dearies",
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          "ref": "1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 43:",
          "text": "At the mention of money Mrs Dibble was overcome with great debility, and wheezed, \"I don't feel up to talking about money, matters just now, dearie. I think I better have a bit of a doze.\"",
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        "A person who is dear; sweetie."
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        "(colloquial, chiefly as a term of address) A person who is dear; sweetie."
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          "word": "deary"
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  "word": "dearie"
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