mother's darling
Example Sentences
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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
You mean that knockkneed mother's darling who seems to be slightly crawsick?
From Ulysses by Joyce, James
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
"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
