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
An only child, and an invalid, poor Bleuet was of course a spoiled child, his mother's darling and pet.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 74, December, 1863 by Various
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
As a child she had played the misunderstood genius or shy mother's darling as occasion demanded; she had posed with others till she was unable to do anything but pose with herself.
From Secret Bread by Jesse, F. Tennyson (Fryniwyd Tennyson)
