Mamma's boy

mamma's boy English Noun Mamma's boy en mama's boy. en 6 January 1976 Abigail Van Buren pseudonym; Pauline Phillips Dear Abby: More on Back-seat Mothers-in-law The Daily Freeman CV 67 Kingston, N.Y. 8 https://archive.org/details/kingston-daily-freeman-1976-01-06/page/n23/mode/1up 8 0746-4932 11656221 First, she should tell her mother-in-law that the Bible says that when a man marries he should “leave his father and mother and cleave unto his wife.” And if that doesn’t sink in, the wife should put both her mother-in-law and her husband in the back seat. Then Sonny can climb onto Mamma’s lap to be cuddled and rocked again. These Mamma’s boys make lousy husbands. en 1999 Paul Leonard Special Weapons Stephen Cole More Short Trips: A Collection of Short Stories Short Trips London w:BBC Worldwide 153 https://archive.org/details/moreshorttripsco0000unse/page/153/mode/1up 0 563 55565 3 They were different from German posters, softer, more homely, the gentle pastel colours flowing into one another as if they had been painted by children anxious to please Mamma. German designs were by contrast sharp-edged, declarative and frightening: statements of the supremacy of the Aryan race. How could these pastel poseurs – these Mamma’s boys – be winning the war? en 2012 Martine Lacombe Philadelphia, October 31, 1938 Silver Orphan: A Social Novel 5 Leaf Clover Publishing 97 https://archive.org/details/silverorphansoci0000laco/page/97/mode/1up 978-1481018074 "Yes, it's just like Mamma says," I concur. / "Don't be such a Mamma's boy. I have decided that this family will not celebrate Halloween" irrevocably decrees Papa. / Mamma bows her head in obedience