[fair-haired
boy] {n.}, {informal} A person that gets specialfavors; favorite; pet.
If he
wins the election by a large majority,he will become his party's fair-haired
boy.
The local boy playingfirst base could do no wrong; he was the
fair-haired boy of the fans.
Charles was a good student and behaved very
well; he became theteacher's fair-haired boy.
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