godmother

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In “Cinderella,” she said, the fairy godmother turned a pumpkin into a carriage, and Koskey said she’s hoping her own fairy godmother will turn “a pumpkin into my old house again.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025

It belonged to Jean's godmother Jeanne Baudot, a friend and student of Renoir's, who passed the painting on to her inheritors.

From Barron's • Nov. 25, 2025

She’s also godmother to actor Kevin McKidd’s two youngest children.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025

Performing at the ceremony, organisers wanted Emily to descend from the rafters, playing Nothing Matters' guitar solo "like the fairy godmother who comes down in a bubble" in David Lynch's Wild At Heart.

From BBC • Oct. 15, 2025

Motive: Was intimately acquainted with Armstrong family, and godmother to Sonia Armstrong.

From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie