mommie's boy

plural mommie's boys

1. CanadaUSalternativeAlternative form of mama's boy.

   Of course, if you two mommie’s boys don’t want to have a little fun on Halloween, go on home and I’ll do it.

   1995, Nolan Carlson, chapter 5, in Shiner’s Return, Hillsboro, Kan.: Hearth Publishing, →ISBN, page 62

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   Dom studied hard and worked even harder supporting the family after his father’s accident. For every inch of bad in that boy, Jeanine liked to say about Gil, his brother had a yard of the Blessed in him. Gil was making light of strangling himself with an imaginary clerical collar, saying Dom was a mommie’s boy, but no one could see much in the fog.

   2005, Stephens Gerard Malone, [chapter 2], in Miss Elva: A Novel, Toronto, Ont.: Vintage Canada, published 2006, →ISBN, part 1 (1927), page 70

   "I really wish you'd learn to bark, buddy." Oatie gazed up at her with his best pitiful expression. He'd been Ian's gran's dog and was still something of a mommie's boy.

   2017, Karen Traviss, chapter 2, in Black Run (Ringer; 2), →ISBN, page 38

plural Mommie's boys

1. CanadaUSalternativeAlternative form of mama's boy.

   Peter would be honoured to take care of Jean-Pierre. Jean-Pierre could easily become a Mommie’s boy, you know.

   1983 [1982], Shirley Eskapa, chapter 13, in The Secret-Keeper, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press, →ISBN, page 82

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   How can you fall for a Mommie’s boy like Ronald? According to Barbie, all he thinks about is his haircut and clothes.

   1989 April, Joan Smith, chapter 12, in Capriccio, New York, N.Y.: Jove Books, →ISBN, page 120

   Besides, Kenny turned out to be a real Mommie’s boy, not a bit like Steve who’d had a way of teasing Celie but ignoring her cajoling.

   2000, Bernice Morgan, “Vain Deceit”, in The Topography of Love: Stories, St. John’s, Nfld.: Breakwater, published 2002 (2nd printing), →ISBN, part 2 (Imaginary Doorways), page 175