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
His brothers had entered cadets' corps; he was the youngest, his mother's darling, and of delicate constitution; he stopped at home.
From On the Eve by Garnett, Constance
There is no excuse possible, and yet it was solely to gratify my mother's darling wish that I consented to marry Katharina.—
From The Bride of the Nile — Volume 06 by Bell, Clara
You mean that knockkneed mother's darling who seems to be slightly crawsick?
From Ulysses by Joyce, James
