sharkie

English

Etymology

From shark +‎ -ie.

Noun

sharkie (plural sharkies)

1. (childish) Diminutive of shark.
   • 1963 November, William E. Old, Jr., “Dredging in the East Gulf of Mexico”, in New York Shell Club Notes, number 96, page 5:

     We also set a shark line, baiting it with a bonito head. "Get a sniff at that, little sharkies", said Dave, as he lowered the fragrant mess over the side.

   • 1993 May, Laetone Gravolin, “Lethal Weapon”, in The Australian Commodore & Amiga Review, volume 10, number 5, Saturday Magazine PTY. LTD., page 76, column 2:

     Most of the levels have moving parts - things like lifts, or little sharkies swimming on and off the screen waiting to eat you up, or swinging cranes and rolling barrels ready to knock you over and squash you flat.

   • 2000, Robert Rodriguez, Spy Kids (screenplay), page 86:

     The sharks coast inward, slowly. The DOORS open, splitting into halves lined with steel teeth, like that of a shark. / JUNI / Back to sleep. Good little sharkies...

   • 2004, Louise Gikow, chapter 8, in Shark Tale: The Movie Novel, New York, N.Y.: Scholastic Inc., →ISBN:

     “Okay. Sharkslayer declares this is a shark-free zone. Patrol’s over. Back to the party!” Oscar was just about to swim away when a shadow passed overhead. He looked up. Above him were two great whites. He quickly zipped back under the blade of kelp. Please go by, he thought. Please go by, little sharkies . . . “Lenny!” one of the sharks called.

   • 2009, Rudi London, The Operator is Calling, [Pleasant View, Tenn.]: Amazing Road, →ISBN, page 258:

     “This is a big island with a lot of sharks swimming around it, anxiously waiting to sing the ‘lookie, lookie, lookie, here comes a cookie’ song,” Onray said. / “I’ve heard the little sharkies are not discriminative in their taste of cookie.”

   • 2012, Brandon M. Dennis, The Tale of Cloran Hastings, →ISBN, page 146:

     Lured by the blood, they attacked the whale timidly at first, but then more fiercely until every shark tore off bits of the whale and devoured them. At last, the whale stopped squealing and with a final flip of its tail, became still. “Can you believe it,” whispered Richards under his breath. “My little sharkies have come to rescue us.”