fairy godfather

noun

Etymology

By analogy with fairy godmother.

Definitions

  1. Male equivalent of fairy godmother.

    • He has created Barnaby, an amiable little boy who wishes for a fairy godmother and gets a fairy godfather—Mr. O'Malley of the fat paunch, the pink wings, and the bent cigar.
    • What it means is that Daddy, smiling the while and playing fairy godfather to absolutely everybody, has made his money as a war profiteer.

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