bonus daddy

plural bonus daddies

1. childisheuphemisticinformalusuallyA stepfather.

   Following her father’s passing, at her young age of four, Joseph Ginter was blessed to become her “bonus” daddy when he and Adeline married in 1963.

   2021 March 21, “[Obituaries] Rubenna Marshall”, in Tri-City Herald, volume 119, number 80, Kennewick, Wash., →OCLC, page 8B, column 3

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   Born in Iredell County July 23, 1970, he was the son of the late Cletus Gene Lancaster and Sylvia Garris Fox and bonus daddy, John Lewis Fox Sr., who survive.

   2013 October 19, “[Obituaries] Chadley O’Neil Lancaster Sr.”, in Statesville Record & Landmark, volume 138, number 292, Statesville, N.C., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 7A, column 6

   He leaves behind his devoted mommy, Ashley McBride, he was the Ashton to her Ashley, her jr. her baby biscuit; dad and his hero, Bobby Padgett; and bonus daddy, Terrell McBride.

   2025 April 2, “[Obituaries] Ashton Padgett”, in The Fayetteville Observer, volume 208, number 162, Fayetteville, N.C., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 9A, column 1

   Synonyms: bonus dad, bonus father