mother's darling

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Gerry, his mother’s darling, owns a nearby tavern and has lived at home since an unspecified tragedy related to Sept.

From New York Times • Dec. 7, 2012

Second part: Fernand Cazenave, cousin of Jean Pelou�yre, has been his widowed mother's darling from infancy.

From Time Magazine Archive

James was the youngest of four brothers and two sisters, a handsome boy, and his mother's darling.

From Four Famous American Writers: Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Bayard Taylor A Book for Young Americans by Cody, Sherwin

You mean that knockkneed mother's darling who seems to be slightly crawsick?

From Ulysses by Joyce, James

So forlorn, so feeble, so near death did he seem, that my heart yearned over him, for he was only a boy, and I knew he was some mother's darling.

From Memories A Record of Personal Experience and Adventure During Four Years of War by Beers, Fannie A.