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Daddy's boy
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daddy's boy
English
Noun
en daddy's boy.
en 1953 Jim Thompson Allen Talbert The Criminal Berkeley, Calif. Black Lizard Books 1986 5 https://archive.org/details/criminal00jimt/page/5/mode/1up 0-88739-018-8 It seemed he’d rather be with me than he would kids his own age. Quite a few people commented on it. I remember Martha’s mother was visiting us one spring, and she couldn’t get over it. She said she’d never seen anyone that was such a Daddy’s boy.
en 1994 Debra Bridwell Donna Examining Assisted Reproduction Techniques The Ache for a Child: Emotional, Spiritual and Ethical Insights for Women Suffering through Infertility and Pregnancy Loss [Louisville, Colo.] MICRA Communications part II (“What Can a Doctor Do?”) 63 https://archive.org/details/acheforchild0000brid/page/63/mode/1up 1-56476-248-3 When Jay was born, he looked so much like me I was worried, but he’s such a Daddy’s boy.
en 1997 Helen Carey 18 On a Wing and a Prayer London Orion 234 https://archive.org/details/onwingandprayer0000care_x3c3/page/234/mode/1up 1 85797 642 8 ‘He’s all right, Lorenz. I know he’s a Jew and that, but if he’s kind to old Mum, that’s all that matters, ain’t it?’ / Jen laughed mockingly. ‘What’ve you got? Religion or something? What about Dad? You used to be such a Daddy’s boy.’