"twinkle in one's daddy's eye" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From a song, \"When You Were a Smile on Your Mother's Lips (and a Twinkle in Your Daddy's Eye)\", written for the 1934 film, Dames; derived from the presumption that prior to the conception of a baby, the father was sexually aroused, and this arousal was reflected in a pleased look in the father's eyes.",
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          "ref": "2016, Mackenzie Crowne, To Win Her Heart, page 51",
          "text": "Kid, I've been running fight outfits since long before you were a twinkle in your daddy's eye.",
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        {
          "ref": "1994, Suzanne Elizabeth, Kiley's Storm, page 144",
          "text": "Bean Toomey was upholding the law when you were still just a twinkle in your daddy's eye.",
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        {
          "ref": "1977, Paul Bailey, Peter Smart's Confessions, page 96",
          "text": "The Great Wilkie and Little Win were the biggest draw on the halls when you were not so much as a twinkle in your daddy's eye.",
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        "Of a person, not yet conceived, particularly when referring to a time period preceding their conception."
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        {
          "word": "glint in the milkman's eye"
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  "etymology_text": "From a song, \"When You Were a Smile on Your Mother's Lips (and a Twinkle in Your Daddy's Eye)\", written for the 1934 film, Dames; derived from the presumption that prior to the conception of a baby, the father was sexually aroused, and this arousal was reflected in a pleased look in the father's eyes.",
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          "ref": "2016, Mackenzie Crowne, To Win Her Heart, page 51",
          "text": "Kid, I've been running fight outfits since long before you were a twinkle in your daddy's eye.",
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        },
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          "text": "Bean Toomey was upholding the law when you were still just a twinkle in your daddy's eye.",
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        },
        {
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          "text": "The Great Wilkie and Little Win were the biggest draw on the halls when you were not so much as a twinkle in your daddy's eye.",
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    {
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