only a mother could love

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.05 in modern English

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"There was an interesting face beneath the spots, I thought as I looked at him, but at the moment at which fate rang our doorbell it was still a face only a mother could love, which was a problem for the boy on our doorstep."
"Mark was someone only a mother could love—but I did feel sorry for his mother."
"Sometimes, when he does something that only a mother could love, I get scared."
"It was a wreath only a mother could love."
"It was a song that only a mother could love."
"The resulting animal, it was said, was one only a mother could love."

From the instinctual love that a mother has for her offspring.

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From the instinctual love that a mother has for her offspring.

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