"lovey" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From love + -y.",
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      "word": "lovey-dovey"
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          "ref": "1918 August, Katherine Mansfield [pseudonym; Kathleen Mansfield Murry], “Bliss”, in Bliss and Other Stories, London: Constable & Company, published 1920, →OCLC, page 118:",
          "text": "“Now, my lovey, eat it up like a good girl,” said nurse, setting her lips in a way that Bertha knew, and that meant she had come into the nursery at another wrong moment.",
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        "(UK) An informal mode of address (associated most often with actors and the like)."
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          "ref": "1987, Kathryn Castle, The Infant & Toddler Handbook: Invitations for Optimum Early Development:",
          "text": "Young children need to have certain love objects or “loveys” such as teddy bears around all the time.",
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        {
          "ref": "1987 June 4, Working Mother, volume 10, number 6, page 96:",
          "text": "If loveys can help children grow up, he says, \"it seems obvious to me that we should treasure them. […] If a child has formed an attachment to a lovey, it's important that his need be respected by his caregivers",
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          "ref": "2010, Elizabeth Pantley, The No-Cry Separation Anxiety Solution:",
          "text": "A lovey can be a comfort to your child and ease the pain of separation.",
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        "A baby's toy, blanket, or other object of affection."
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      "ipa": "/ˈlʌvi/"
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  "word": "lovey"
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