Where does this definition of near and dear come from?
This entry for near and dear is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is near and dear a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, near and dear is tagged as 2adj..
What is Lughet?
Lughet is a free trilingual dictionary covering nearly five million entries across Uyghur, Chinese, and English, drawn from more than ten source dictionaries and corpora.