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apple of someone's eye definition

apple of someone's eye

a person or thing that someone cherishes

Etymology: from obs. sense of apple, pupil (of the eye), iris and pupil

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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