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Pettie¹

proper noun Petties

  1. A surname.

pettie²

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From pet + -ie.

noun petties

  1. colloquial, diminutive, rare Diminutive of pet (“an animal companion”). I seem to remember reading that they lay an egg every other day. I'm suprised I didn't notice anything that might have alerted me earlier... But I havn't^([sic]) been paying quite so much attention to any of my petties, what with the holidays and all.

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@misc{pettie_2026,
  title = {pettie},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pettie},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}