city father
Example Sentences
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In Cotati, Paulekas morphed into a bizarro city father: He became politically active, regularly speaking out at City Council meetings.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2022
One city father simply turns to another and whispers gleefully: "See, he has a natural flair for politics."
From Time Magazine Archive
Some 70,000 people call it home, but only a city father could love it.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Why, sweetheart, you don’t suppose I care for the great name of city father, do you?”
From Jewel Weed by Fisher, Harrison
It seemed to him on the platform as if an hour passed while he, who had played with a city father, stood, clothed with shame, before this commanding young woman.
From Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers by Maclaren, Ian
