fairy godmother

[fairy godmother] {n.}

1. A fairy believed to help and take care of a baby as it grows up. 2. A person who helps and does much for another.

* /The rich man played fairy godmother to the boys and had a baseball field made for them./

* /Jane was a fairy godmother to her poorer friends./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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