teacher's pet
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of teacher's pet
First recorded in 1925–30
Example Sentences
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"He wasn't quite the teacher’s pet, but the teachers were always asking 'do you agree with that Erik?'"
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2024
Connie is essentially power-hungry teacher’s pet Tracy Flick from “Election,” if she grew up to become an Olympic race-walking champion who has struggled with infertility.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2021
“I consciously learned and performed my race,” he writes, “like a teacher’s pet in an advanced placement course on black masculinity.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 14, 2019
The next morning, Julio Barrosso, the teacher’s pet, was gone from the second-grade classroom.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 14, 2019
I hadn’t even been here for a minute, and already I was supposed to follow Ms. Spurlock—Samira—who was apparently teacher’s pet here, too.
From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee
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