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teacher's pet

noun

  1. a pupil who is a favorite of a teacher.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of teacher's pet1

First recorded in 1925–30
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Idioms and Phrases

A person who has gained favor with authority, as in Al has managed to be teacher's pet in any job he has held . This expression transfers the original sense of a teacher's favorite pupil to broader use. [1920s]

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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