mother's darling
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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
Undoubtedly William—the father's namesake, her youngest born—was the mother's darling, in spite of his odd ways.
From The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty by Banks, Mrs. G. Linnaeus
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
Perhaps you do," jeered Davy Jones, who could take hard knocks without any whimper; "but mother's darling boy ain't home right now.
From The Boy Scouts' First Camp Fire or, Scouting with the Silver Fox Patrol by Carter, Herbert
