fairy godfather
nounEtymology
By analogy with fairy godmother.
Definitions
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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