blue-eyed boy
informal, mainly British the favourite or darling of a person or group: Usual US equivalent: fair-haired boy
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How to use blue-eyed boy in a sentence
A little while after this Mrs. Morris was called to lay away her blue-eyed boy out of sight.
Mary and I | Stephen Return RiggsEvery man nudged his neighbor, and the aguish, blue-eyed boy grinned in a ghastly, self-satisfied way.
Hoosier Mosaics | Maurice ThompsonAn oily, blue-eyed boy in spattered overalls, he was always just emerging from beneath a car, or crawling under it.
Half Portions | Edna FerberHe was a fair-haired, blue-eyed boy—quite a Saxon type—with a shrewd, sharp wit.
The Hero of Garside School | J. Harwood PantingWhen the sentinel on his corridor was changed at midnight the blond, blue-eyed boy would be his friend and explain.
The Southerner | Thomas Dixon
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