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daddy

[dad-ee] / ˈdæd i /
NOUN
dad
Synonyms


NOUN
papa
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG


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"My dad wasn't an educated man, he wasn't able to read and write, but my daddy had a great sense of business," she told the BBC's World Service in 2017.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

"My mother was a Democrat and my daddy was a Republican, so I’m a hypocrite," she quipped.

From Barron's Aug. 25, 2026

“I took off on a horse at 11 years old when my daddy bought me my first one,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

Copeland: My daddy raised me to be a jazz musician, which is pretty much why I regard jazz as being music around the family heart, a safe place.

From Los Angeles Times May 4, 2026

Downstairs at Snowberger’s, my daddy deals with death by misadventure, illness, and natural causes galore.

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles

But they’re also doing something many child-free cat ladies and cat daddies can relate to on a scale that suits them – growing food, making butter, harvesting eggs.

From Salon Jul. 31, 2024

They set little traps for Hunham’s arrogance and sic their daddies on the administrators, who then bear down on him.

From New York Times Oct. 26, 2023

"It is also for our children to say there are a lot of people who have two mummies or two daddies," she said.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2023

“I trust mamas, I trust daddies, to deal with the health care of their children.”

From Seattle Times Jun. 16, 2023

“Ay, I’m being honest. My thing is, girls usually date boys who are like their daddies, and I ain’t gon’ lie, when I saw that white—Chris,” he corrects, and I smile.

From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas

With Henry suddenly tired of daddying, the twins melted back into the woods with Wash every chance they got, taking Edgar along for their adventures.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez




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