Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A daughter-in-law.
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Examples
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Simson, the first in the race, carried as a prize the situation of sick-nurse beside the delicate patient; that Peg Thomson was permitted the privilege of recommending her good-daughter, Bet Jamieson, to be wet-nurse; and an oe, or grandchild, of Luckie Jaup was hired to assist in the increased drudgery of the family; the Doctor thus, like a practised minister, dividing among his trusty adherents such good things as fortune placed at his disposal.
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The good-daughter of Peg Thomson started off with an activity worthy of her mother-inlaw.
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If you have a daughter/granddaughter/niece/good-daughter who would enjoy a book for Christmas, you have JUST time to order from me a copy of "We didn't mean to start a school".
Archive 2006-12-01 Joanna Bogle 2006
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If you have a daughter/granddaughter/niece/good-daughter who would enjoy a book for Christmas, you have JUST time to order from me a copy of "We didn't mean to start a school".
auntie joanna writes Joanna Bogle 2006
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Simson, the first in the race, carried as a prize the situation of sick-nurse beside the delicate patient; that Peg Thomson was permitted the privilege of recommending her good-daughter, Bet Jamieson, to be wet-nurse; and an _oe_, or grandchild, of Luckie Jaup was hired to assist in the increased drudgery of the family; the Doctor thus, like a practised minister, dividing among his trusty adherents such good things as fortune placed at his disposal.
The Surgeon's Daughter Walter Scott 1801
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The good-daughter of Peg Thomson started off with an activity worthy of her mother-in-law.
The Surgeon's Daughter Walter Scott 1801
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