infant prodigy
Britishnoun
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On the back of such stories, Andrews was given a slew of lionising monikers: "prima donna in pigtails," "infant prodigy of trills," "the miracle voice" and "Britain's juvenile coloratura."
From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2022
The Dickenses’ apartment was a block from the Regency Theater, which presented plays and advertised spectacles like “an infant prodigy, only eight years of age,” who recited Shakespeare.
From New York Times ● Dec. 23, 2021
Unlike many famous musicians, Paderewski was no infant prodigy.
From Time Magazine Archive
The infant prodigy was carefully nurtured; when a kindly aunt offered him a bicycle, his mother refused it, exclaiming indignantly: "Did Beethoven have a bicycle?"
From Time Magazine Archive
You remember he always regarded me as a bit of an infant prodigy?
From Poor Relations by Compton MacKenzie
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