"lakin" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "Old Norse leika",
      "name": "der"
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  "etymology_text": "Perhaps from Old Norse leika.",
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  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "ref": "1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 9: Scylla and Charybdis]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 193:",
          "text": "And the gay lakin, mistress Fitton, mount and cry O, and his dainty birdsnies, lady Penelope Rich, a clean quality woman is suited for a player, and the punks of the bankside, a penny a time.",
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        "A toy."
      ],
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        "(rare) A toy."
      ],
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        "rare"
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈleɪkɪn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lakin"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lakins",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "ladykin"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "Bottom. There are things in this comedy of Pyramus and Thisbe that will never please. First, Pyramus must draw a sword to kill himself, which the ladies cannot abide. How do you answer that? / Snout. By 'r lakin [i.e., by our Lady], a dire problem.",
          "ref": "c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, A Midsommer Nights Dreame. […] (First Quarto), London: […] [Richard Bradock] for Thomas Fisher, […], published 1600, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:",
          "text": "Bot[tom]. There are things in this Comedy of Piramus and Thisby, that will neuer pleaſe. Firſt, Piramus muſt draw a ſword to kill himſelfe; which the Ladys cannot abide. How anſwer you that? / Snout. Berlaken, a parlous feare.",
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        "Obsolete form of ladykin."
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈleɪkɪn/"
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          "ref": "1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 9: Scylla and Charybdis]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 193:",
          "text": "And the gay lakin, mistress Fitton, mount and cry O, and his dainty birdsnies, lady Penelope Rich, a clean quality woman is suited for a player, and the punks of the bankside, a penny a time.",
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      "glosses": [
        "A toy."
      ],
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        "(rare) A toy."
      ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈleɪkɪn/"
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  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "english": "Bottom. There are things in this comedy of Pyramus and Thisbe that will never please. First, Pyramus must draw a sword to kill himself, which the ladies cannot abide. How do you answer that? / Snout. By 'r lakin [i.e., by our Lady], a dire problem.",
          "ref": "c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, A Midsommer Nights Dreame. […] (First Quarto), London: […] [Richard Bradock] for Thomas Fisher, […], published 1600, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:",
          "text": "Bot[tom]. There are things in this Comedy of Piramus and Thisby, that will neuer pleaſe. Firſt, Piramus muſt draw a ſword to kill himſelfe; which the Ladys cannot abide. How anſwer you that? / Snout. Berlaken, a parlous feare.",
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      ],
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        "Obsolete form of ladykin."
      ],
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          "ladykin#English"
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      "ipa": "/ˈleɪkɪn/"
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