blue-eyed boy
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.91 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The favorite, especially a young one, especially of someone in power; a fair-haired boy (US), (Australian).
Derogatory; Informal
noun
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blue, eyed, boy.
Example Sentences
- "...this cove was so deucedly civil, and all that, that now she won't look at anybody else. He's the blue-eyed boy, and everybody else is an also-ran."
- ""Keep it up, Mandrake," he said. "Just keep it up. You may be the Prime Minister's blue-eyed boy now, but how long's that going to last if you don't deliver?""