mother's boy
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of mother's boy
First recorded in 1875–80
Example Sentences
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Tom is smooth and opportunistic, a pianist, a mother’s boy and, with deliberate dissonance, a dedicated wolf.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 23, 2018
But between the ears, Williams was not much different to the self-proclaimed "mother's boy" who left Auckland for Australia at the age of 15.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2013
He was “more of a mother’s boy than a father’s boy,” who lived at home until he met her, she said.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 14, 2011
For the hopeless sap, the mother's boy, idealism was all but inevitable.
From Time Magazine Archive
I was mother's boy, but he was a dark daring little devil without much respect for either of us.
From Aliens by McFee, William
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