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TEACHER'S PET
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Dictionary entry overview: What does teacher's pet mean?
• TEACHER'S PET (noun)
The noun TEACHER'S PET has 1 sense:
1. the teacher's favorite student
Familiarity information: TEACHER'S PET used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The teacher's favorite student
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("teacher's pet" is a kind of...):
darling; dearie; deary; ducky; favorite; favourite; pet (a special loved one)
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