teacher's pet

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teacher's pet

noun teacher's pets · teachers' pets

  1. idiomatic A student who is perceived to be favored by the teacher. As an intelligent and conscientious student, he was often labelled as the teacher's pet in school.

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noun student perceived to be favored by the teacher

日本語先生のひいき sensei no hiiki
中文老師的走狗 /老师的走狗 lǎoshī de zǒugǒu
Françaischouchou
DeutschLehrers Liebling
Italianococco della maestra, cocco, beniamino, prediletto, favorito
Русскийлюби́мчик ljubímčik, учи́тельский люби́мчик učítelʹskij ljubímčik

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@misc{teacher_s_pet_2026,
  title = {teacher's pet},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/teacher's%20pet},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}