teacher's pet
Example Sentences
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In this instance, Romney was participating in a round-table discussion with a dozen local businessmen — his kind of folks — and exhibiting his teacher’s-pet flair for spewing out entrepreneurial minutiae.
From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2011
Leah just ignored me, sitting herself right down at Father’s desk to work on her teacher’s-pet arithmetic program.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
