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Daddy Warbucks

Daddy Warbucks noun: a powerful protector.

Noun

Daddy Warbucks

  1. A powerful protector.
    • So, yes, grief was a regular bedside companion the many nights I cried myself to sleep thinking one day, all this will be just a dream, that I too, would have a Daddy Warbucks somewhere out there.2011, Pandora Poikilos, Excuse Me, My Brains Have Stepped Out

Origin of Daddy Warbucks

After Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks, a fictional character from the comic strip Little Orphan Annie, who first appeared in the Daily News in 1924.

Questions about Daddy Warbucks

What does Daddy Warbucks mean?
Daddy Warbucks means a powerful protector.
What part of speech is Daddy Warbucks?
Daddy Warbucks is a noun.

Words near Daddy Warbucks in the dictionary

  1. daddy longlegses
  2. daddy shower
  3. daddy showers
  4. daddy stitch
  5. daddy stitches
  6. Daddy Warbucks
  7. daddy's boy
  8. daddy's boys
  9. daddy's girl
  10. daddy's girls
  11. daddy-long-legs

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