mummie's boy

See also: Mummie's boy

English

Noun

mummie's boy (plural mummie's boys)

  1. (chiefly UK) Alternative form of mama's boy.
    • 1944, N[ikolai] S[emyonovich] Leskov, translated by R. Norman, “The Musk-Ox”, in The Musk-Ox and Other Tales (The Tales of N. S. Leskov; I), London: Routledge, →OCLC, page 51:
      “[…] It’s a grand life in the forests.” / “Too many mosquitos.” / “You namby-pambies, mummie’s boys. Afraid of being eaten by mosquitos!”
    • 1948, Susan Isaacs, quoting a mother, “Sex Education and ‘Where Do Babies Come From?’”, in Troubles of Children and Parents, London: Methuen & Co. Ltd. […], →OCLC, page 222:
      His father is away all day, and it is only recently that we have even had a maid with us, except in the mornings, so that he is rather a “mummie’s boy”.
    • 2008, Henry, chapter 12, in The Henry Club, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN, page 198:
      I had been at Grammar school with Ron, and tormented him once or twice, and his mum had me before Headmaster Bevans where he was never able to substantiate his complaints. He was a mummie’s boy.
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