PRIDE AND JOY Definition & Meaning

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The object of one's great pleasure, as in Our new grandson is our pride and joy , or Dana's car is his pride and joy . This term was probably invented by Sir Walter Scott in his poem Rokeby (1813), where he described children as “a mother's pride, a father's joy.”

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Huron Station Playhouse, which celebrated its soft opening last fall, has become his “pride and joy.”

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"To my daughter, you are my pride and joy", the prime minister wrote in an Instagram post, adding that he does his job for her generation.

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“This is the Season of Giving and we understand that Amy Halterman and Brian Lovvorn are the pride and joy of the State of Kentucky and they will now be back in Kentucky for the Holidays,” Crockett County District Atty.

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A 1921 Talbot Darracq and a 1952 Mercedes Benz 220 Type A convertible had been the pride and joy of their late owner, but were hidden away and gathering dust near Framlingham, Suffolk.

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Marina Perederii’s home in the small mining city of Vuhledar in eastern Ukraine was her pride and joy.

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