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
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Let me kiss you, my treasure, mother's darling!
From The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 by Aristophanes
Not a mother's darling of them tried to kick a hole in my little tin shallop.
From Down the Yellowstone by Freeman, Lewis R. (Lewis Ransome)
"Not very, mother's darling baby boy," she answered, lifting to his eyes full of tender mother love.
From Elsie's Vacation and After Events by Finley, Martha