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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 studentplay

  Familiarity information: TEACHER'S PET used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TEACHER'S PET (noun)


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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