Lamb or lamb means a young sheep, or a docile and gentle person--
"Mary had a little lamb, little lamb..."
Be a lamb and run an errand for me, won't you?
Lam or lam ( rhymes with lamb ) is an old-fashioned slang term meaning flight; a fast escape or getaway, usually from law enforcement authorities--
The bank robbers were on the lam, sure that no one would recognize them.
They heard sirens, and took it on the lam.
Now that you know that, you can say--
"He nabbed a young lamb, and took it on the lam before the farmer could catch him."
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