wonder child

Historical Examples of wonder child

• The playing of the “wonder-child” would no longer please the public, much less herself.

  Camilla: A Tale of a Violin

  Charles Barnard

• One movement of this symphony was played at a concert, and the pianist was none other than the wonder-child, Clara Wieck.

  Stories of Great Musicians

  Kathrine Lois Scobey

• Her reputation both as a wonder-child and an artist had been almost wholly American.

  Camilla: A Tale of a Violin

  Charles Barnard

• The boy, according to the legends which soon grew round his life, was a “wonder-child,” and early displayed marvellous capacity.

  Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 2

  Various

• He had called Magsie his "wonder-child" and his "good little bad girl!"

  The Heart of Rachael

  Kathleen Norris