pride and joy

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pride and joy

Fig. something or someone that one is very proud of. (Often in reference to a baby, a car, a house, etc. Fixed order.) And this is our little pride and joy, Roger. Fred pulled up in his pride and joy and asked if I wanted a ride.

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Many a time tears of pride and joy have stood in my eyes while I read the tender, loving, appealing letters that came to me in almost every mail from my little readers. Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context A fine head of hair is the pride and joy of every woman's heart. Typee by Melville, Herman View in context And now, at last,' cried Dolly, trembling with the fervour of her speech, 'if you were sick, and shattered in your every limb; if you were ailing, weak, and sorrowful; if, instead of being what you are, you were in everybody's eyes but mine the wreck and ruin of a man; I would be your wife, dear love, with greater pride and joy, than if you were the stateliest lord in England Barnaby Rudge - A Tale Of The Riots Of 'Eighty by Dickens, Charles View in context			pretty much pretty oneself up pretty pickle Pretty please? pretty state of affairs prevail prevail against prevail on prevent from doing prevention Prevention is better than cure prey prey on prey on mind price price down price one has to pay price out price out of the market price up prick prick conscience prick ears up prick up its ears pride pride and joy Pride comes before a fall Pride goes before a fall pride on pride oneself in prim and proper prime prime mover prime the pump prime with primp up primrose primrose path Prince Charming principle print print in print out print up privy to prize prize above pro probe probe for probe into			pricks pricks out pricks out pricks out pricks up ears pricks up ears pricks up ears Prickshaft Pricksong prickteaser Prickwood pricky PRICM PRICPS pricy pricy PRID PRID Prid pro quo Prid pro quo Prid pro quo PRIDCO Priddis-Millarville Residents Association pride pride pride pride pride Pride Africa Pride Alliance of Long Island pride and joy Pride and Prejudice Pride at Work Pride comes before a fall Pride comes before a fall Pride comes before a fall Pride comes before a fall Pride Committee of Houston Pride Community Softball League PRIDE Fighting Championship Pride For Youth Pride goes before a fall Pride goes before a fall Pride goes before a fall Pride goes before a fall Pride goeth before a fall Pride in Excellence Pride in the City Pride in the Job Pride in The Tiger Foundation Pride Integrity Guts Pride Integrity Guts Service Pride Nation Network Pride of America Pride of arizona pride of barbados pride of Bolivia pride of California pride of California Pride of China Pride of Cleveland

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