Brewer's: Calf-love

Youthful fancy as opposed to lasting attachment.

“I thought it was a childish besotment you had for the man-a sort of calf-love. ...” —Rhoda Broughton.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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