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Little Rock(encyclopedia)
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rock-a-bye (iou)



rock-a-bye interjection. E19.
[from ROCK verb1 + -a- + -bye as in BYE-BYE interjection. Cf. LULLABY.]
Used in lulling a child while rocking him or her to sleep.