calf love
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But Edward Ellis, who helped make memorable the cheaply made quickie, A Man To Remember, does not turn the trick with this thin-spun tale of village politics, catty gossip, calf love.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the 24 years since young Jack Pickford played Willie Baxter in the silent screen version of Seventeen, cinemaddicts forgot how much charm there is in that classic of calf love on Main Street.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is calf love with the pair of them, and they will grow out of it.”
From Martin Eden by London, Jack
Hence, too, the importance of "calf love," which serves as a sort of apprenticeship to the mystery, and enables you to discriminate between the substance and the shadow.
From Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough by Gardiner, A. G. (Alfred George)
This is undoubtedly your calf love; but for Beauty’s sake show better taste next time.
From Martin Eden by London, Jack
