godmother
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Soon, rock writers discovered her at clubs, Clive Davis signed her to his Arista label, and Ms. Smith was on track to become the Godmother of Punk.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025
Fairy Godmother, who has known him for a long while.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2024
On such a desultory evening, you kind of wish that the makeover skills of Christina Acosta Robinson’s Fairy Godmother had been focused more concertedly on the writer’s room.
From Washington Post • Mar. 24, 2023
"Touch wood that the Fairy Godmother does not go into labour during her prologue," she joked at the time.
From BBC • Dec. 31, 2021
“Look, Fairy Godmother, how much have you spent on this little game already? I’m not paying to have that couch re-covered.”
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
