Meaning & use
Ickle
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Little or small, used especially in playful or affectionate baby talk.
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She cooed over the ickle puppy curled up in the basket.
He teased his sister about her "ickle" voice when talking to the cat.
A note on using this word
A dialectal and informal British respelling of "little," common in baby talk and playful speech; not used in formal writing.
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