Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A little smile; a half-smile; a look of pleasure.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun rare A little smile.

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  • noun obsolete A little smile.

Etymologies

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smile +‎ -et? smile +‎ -let?

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Examples

  • I'm thinkin 'gin ane o' the bairnies that he took upo ''s knee, -- an' he was ill-pleased wi 'them' at wad hae sheued them awa ', -- gin ane o' them had hauden up his wee timmer horsie, wi 'a broken leg, and had prayed him to work a miracle an' men 'the leg, he wadna hae wrocht a miracle maybe, I daursay, but he wad hae smilet, or maybe lauchen a wee, and he wad hae men't the leg some gait or ither to please the bairnie.

    Alec Forbes of Howglen George MacDonald 1864

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  • A little smile.

    July 3, 2008