different between amby vs lamby

English

Etymology

Shortening of ambidextrous +? -y, after the pattern of rightie and leftie.

Noun

amby (plural ambies)

1. (informal) An ambidextrous person.
   • 1999, Cliff Gromer (ed.), "Great Stuff", Popular Mechanics, August 1999:

     The slim design makes for easy one-hand opening for righties, lefties and ambies.

   • 2001, Rita Robinson, Discover Yourself Through Palm Reading, New Page Books (2001), ?ISBN, page 41:

     Medical scientists speculate that lefties and ambies exercise their brains more and grow more cells.

See also

• leftie
• rightie

Anagrams

• Byam

English

Etymology

lamb +? -y

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æmi

Adjective

lamby (comparative lambier or more lamby, superlative lambiest or most lamby)

1. Resembling or characteristic of a lamb or the meat of a lamb.
   • 1994, Shirley Humphrey, Eric Mussen, Small farm handbook (page 104)

     We try to avoid a lamby or "woolly" flavor.

   • 2002, Jeffrey Steingarten, It Must've Been Something I Ate, unnumbered page,

     Méchoui is like a foretaste of paradise, the tenderest and most delicious meat surrounded by the crispest, lambiest skin imaginable.

   • 2003, David Rosengarten, It's All American Food: The Best Recipes for More than 400 New American Classics, unnumbered page,

     And not just lamb; we're talkin' mutton, old lamb, which has an even deeper, lambier flavor.

   • 2009, Virginia Ironside, The Virginia Monologues: Why Growing Old is Great, unnumbered page,

     When I arrived at the house, crying, 'And how are you, my lambiest lamb?' he'd be about to reply, telling me how exhausted he felt from being up all night winding my grandson, when he discovered that I had zoomed past him to speak to the baby.

Noun

lamby (plural lambies)

1. Alternative form of lambie
   • 2009, Patricia McClaflin, Reflections of a Wyoming Shepherd on the 23rd Psalm, unnumbered page,

     With a big heavy bucket full of bottles of warm milk, she would call out, “Here, lamby, lamby, lamby.”

   • 2011, Betty LeMaster, Princess Flats and Reservations, page 198,

     "It's a lamby, Callie! A little baby lamby."

   • 2012, Andy Holmes, My First Devotional, page 67,

     Now, if you're thinking being a shepherd means sitting around playing a harp and saying things like, “Here, lamby,” you are mistaken.

Anagrams

• balmy