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a mummy's boy
a mummy's/mother's boy
(British & Australian) also a mama's boy (American) a boy or man who allows his mother to have too much influence on him Derek's a bit of a mummy's boy. He finished with his last girlfriend because his mother disapproved. He was often depicted as a weak-willed mama's boy with a domineering mother.
See the boy next door