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little darling



NOUN
milquetoast
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“My little darling, know that you are cherished beyond measure and surrounded by love from the moment you graced us with your presence,” she posted Thursday on Instagram.

From Seattle Times Jun. 29, 2023

Queen Mary recorded in her diary that her grand-daughter was "a little darling, with a lovely complexion and pretty fair hair".

From BBC Dec. 28, 2021

I told the mother she should force her to turn over her paychecks to her and give the little darling a strict allowance and no more.

From Slate Sep. 9, 2021

That prompted Cowboys owner Jerry Jones to say, “I hope the little darling didn’t hear anything he hasn’t heard before.”

From Washington Times Oct. 8, 2019

“Oh, not much. There is a surprise that one of your little darling? has for you, though ” “Good or bad?”

From "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis




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