Daddy Warbucks

English

Etymology

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

Noun

Daddy Warbucks

1. A powerful protector.
   • 2011, Pandora Poikilos, Excuse Me, My Brains Have Stepped Out:

     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.