She stared at him a moment, then, obeying one of the odd whims that made an irascible weathercock of her, she said, abruptly,- "If you had capital should you go into business for yourself, Mr. lambkin?"
"Kitty's Class Day And Other Stories"
Louisa M. Alcott
He was no lambkin, and he knew things.
"A Man and a Woman"
Stanley Waterloo
The lambkin caught fire and just as the flame had begun to burn the wooden skeleton of the toy a draught from the window blew the flame towards the other little sheep and in a minute they were all burned to ashes.
"The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers"
Georg Ebers