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blue-eyed boy

British  

noun

  1. Usual US equivalent: fair-haired boyinformal the favourite or darling of a person or group

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The same year she married a “fair-haired, blue-eyed boy with the cheekiest grin I’d ever seen”.

From BBC Nov. 8, 2024

And in others, she was utterly different: a ginger girl – not a black-haired, blue-eyed boy – who was often absolutely terrified.

From The Guardian Mar. 18, 2020

As soon as the blue-eyed boy unfortunately played truant, you got people turning around and saying, ‘Manufacturing will help us out of this particular hole,’ but nothing came along to actually help manufacturing achieve that.”

From New York Times Feb. 3, 2013

The question is, will my youngest daughter with blue eyes save any for the blue-eyed boy wonder?

From Seattle Times Apr. 28, 2010

This blue-eyed boy who calls me by my last name and never shuts up.

From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli

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