Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The wife of one's child.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A son's wife: correlative to mother-in-law and father-in-law.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The wife of one's son.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
wife of one's child.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the wife of your son
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Examples
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I called my daughter-in-law to confirm it, and she did.
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I called my daughter-in-law to confirm it, and she did.
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Levi Montgomery, who fondly referred to his daughter-in-law by the nickname "Rockie," said that "she was the perfect other half of my son."
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My son Mike and my daughter-in-law Crescent were pregnant!
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Whatever it took for me to be with my son, my Australian daughter-in-law and beautiful grandchildren was okay with me.
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AI've made wedding washcloths for two lovely young women -- the daughter and daughter-in-law of a close friend -- who have recently married.
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AI've made wedding washcloths for two lovely young women -- the daughter and daughter-in-law of a close friend -- who have recently married.
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“If you ever need it, I can keep her and take care of her,” I said hesitantly to my son and daughter-in-law.
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In Genesis 38: 24, … Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar is guilty of prostitution, and as a result she is now pregnant.”
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I had gifted my daughter-in-law with maternity clothes and bought the most irresistible little stuffed puppy for the baby.
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