bonus baby
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bonus baby
First recorded in 1940–45
Example Sentences
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A can’t-miss prospect or bonus baby, Edman was not.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2024
Under the bonus baby system in place from after the war through 1965, players who signed for more than a certain amount had to be kept on the major league roster for two years.
From New York Times • Oct. 19, 2016
Facebook Twitter Pinterest Sandy Koufax didn’t spend an inning in the minor leagues, joining his home-town Brooklyn Dodgers as a bonus baby at the start of the 1955 season.
From The Guardian • Oct. 7, 2015
They described Mr. Bond as “a kind of political bonus baby of great potential who never has quite fulfilled the promise as a national leader that many of his admirers once envisioned.”
From Washington Post • Aug. 16, 2015
I was not a big bonus baby, I was not a big prospect.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 16, 2010
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