noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ childhood
▪ affectionate
▪ cute ( esp. AmE )
▪ little ( esp. AmE )
VERB + NICKNAME
▪ have , use
▪
He used the ~ ‘Brutus’.
▪ give sb
▪ acquire , gain , get
▪
He got his ~ ‘Ash’ from his heavy smoking.
▪ earn (sb)
▪ live up to
▪
Knockout Nat lived up to his ~.
▪ hate
NICKNAME + VERB
▪ stick
▪
He got his ~ when he was at school and it stuck for the rest of his life.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ for
▪
Their ~ for the club was ‘Muscle Alley’.
PHRASES
▪ hence her/his ~
▪
He worked in a garage—hence his ~ ‘Oily’.