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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A child ascribed to the domain of its birth, or to the ruler of it: as, “Thetis' birth-child” (Shak., Pericles, iv. 4), that is, one born on the sea, the domain of Thetis.

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Examples

  • Calling Telluride "Aspen's birth-child," he says it was "Aspen that created Telluride."

    Aspen Times - Top Stories 2009

  • Calling Telluride "Aspen's birth-child," he says it was "Aspen that created Telluride."

    Aspen Times - Top Stories 2009

  • CouponCodes4U is the Stateside birth-child of one of the UK's leading young entrepreneurs,

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  • And so it is that the middle class, the birth-child of capitalism, is both celebrated and enslaved - for its own good and the greater good.

    Infidel Bloggers Alliance 2008

  • And so it is that the middle class, the birth-child of capitalism, is both celebrated and enslaved - for its own good and the greater good.

    Domine, da mihi hanc aquam! 2008

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