or sonny, sonnikin, subs. (common).—An affectionate or familiar address: with no necessary reference to age or relationship. Also (nautical) SONNIWAX or SONNYWAX.
1542. UDALL, The Apophthegmes of Erasmus, 233. This word παιδίον, SONNEKIN, or litle sonne, tripped a little in his tongue.
1896. A. B. PATERSON, The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses, ‘Old Pardon the Son of Reprieve,’ 10. Well, well, don’t get angry, my SONNY.
