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
“My baby, mother's darling, mother's baby!” she gasped out with great pants of satisfied love; but another pair of lean, wiry old arms stole around the child's slender body.
From The Portion of Labor by Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins
Thank you, mother's darling," Elsie said, accepting the gift and tenderly caressing the giver; "you and papa, too.
From Elsie's Womanhood by Finley, Martha
Let me kiss you, my treasure, mother's darling!
From The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 by Aristophanes
