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mama's boy
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
mama's boy
(noun)
mama's boy
noun
plural
mama's boys
mama's boy
noun
plural
mama's boys
Britannica Dictionary definition of MAMA'S BOY
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US, disapproving
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a boy or man who is seen as weak because he is controlled or protected too much by his mother
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