daddie's girl

plural daddie's girls

1. alternativeAlternative spelling of daddy's girl.

   Why do some girls reach puberty at age 11 and others at 14? Their relationship with their father has something to do with it.

   2000 February 15, Lisa Bertagnoli, “Good news for daddie’s girls”, in Desert Dispatch, Barstow, Calif., →ISSN, →OCLC, “Healthfile” supplement, page 8, column 1

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   There are many mamma’s boys and daddie’s girls in this world who can never grow up because their parents are actually too selfish to let go and let the children suffer the consequences for their mistakes.

   1991 March 8, Linda Flora, “Letter to editor: Helpful hints”, in The Daily Advocate, volume 107, number 260, Greenville, Oh., →OCLC, page 4, column 6

   "Why were you named after your grandfather," Sasha asks in a soft voice. / "He was my mother's dad, and he passed while she was pregnant with me. Apparently, she was a big daddie's girl and......well, that was it. She named me Ben in his honor," I answer as we approach the hostess.

   2021, Sadie Perez, “Alpha Ben”, in The Princess’s Mate, Singapore New Reading Technology Pte Ltd, ASIN B09KN7GP4V

plural Daddie's girls

1. alternativeAlternative spelling of daddy's girl.

   Mary Cousins, whose husband died at Fromelles in 1916, sadly noted that her three-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, “is always asking for her Daddie to come home to her. She is a real Daddie’s girl.”

   2018 spring, Bart Ziino, “‘They Seem To Understand All About The War’: Australian Children and the First World War”, in Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth, volume 11, number 2, Johns Hopkins University Press, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 236

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   The last sign I am going to mention to-day is a very strong attachment for one particular person. I mean a “Mummie’s boy” or “Nannie’s baby” or “Daddie’s girl.” It is natural for a baby or a toddler to be fondest of those who have fed, bathed and dressed him, played with him (not too much, I hope) and cared for him but there comes a time—the earlier the better—when he wants to try to do things for himself, to feel his feet, and to begin to learn independence.

   1931, Maternity and Child Welfare, volumes XV–XVI, London: John Bale, Sons & Danielsson, Ltd., →OCLC, page 168, columns 1–2

   ‘You know,’ he whispered in her neck, ‘you give a whole new meaning to the phrase “Daddie’s girl”.’ […] ‘I’ve tried all ways to please you, to show you that as my husband you’re first in my life. […] I’m pussyfooting around you no more – like it or lump it, my father is part of my life, I’m part of him, and I won’t let you pull me in two over this any more.’

   2004, Jean Chapman, chapter 15, in Danced Over the Sea (Philipps-Sinclair; 2), Sutton, London: Severn House Large Print, →ISBN, pages 237–238

   [H]er mom wrote to her and told her she had left her dad. She was happy for her mom. Although sad she said because they got a divorce. She had said, she also wanted to be a Daddie’s girl but, he never loved her or her mom. So that was impossible.

   2019 July 18, Cinzia, “Chris’s Abusive Childhood”, in Broken Life: Surviving Child Abuse, PTSD and MST, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN, chapter 17 (New Unit)