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
He had been his mother's darling; she had impoverished herself, expending all the profits of their little business to send him to college.
From The Downfall by Robins, E. P.
An only child, and an invalid, poor Bleuet was of course a spoiled child, his mother's darling and pet.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 74, December, 1863 by Various
"Not very, mother's darling baby boy," she answered, lifting to his eyes full of tender mother love.
From Elsie's Vacation and After Events by Finley, Martha
