Usually means: Cherished source of great happiness.
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General (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. pride and joy: Merriam-Webster
  2. pride and joy: Wiktionary
  3. pride and joy: Dictionary.com
  4. Pride and Joy (Marvin Gaye song), Pride and Joy (Stevie Ray Vaughan song), Pride and Joy (Stevie Ray Vaughan video), Pride and Joy (disambiguation), Pride and joy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. Pride and Joy: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Pride and Joy: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Pride and Joy: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pride and joy: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. pride and joy: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. pride and joy: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (pride and joy)

noun:  A possession that is very highly valued.

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