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- noun Plural form of
mother-in-law .
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Examples
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All those grandmothers and mothers-in-law knew what they were talking about. vegas710
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My best French friends (for almost 40 years) always vouvoient their mothers-in-law.
The French word for plastered drunk... - French Word-A-Day 2010
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“Chief, how come I always used to forget the names of my mothers-in-law?”
Dreamseller: The Calling Augusto Cury 2011
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I thought things had really changed until I moved to Switzerland, where although almost 80% of all women work, almost 100% of those that do can only work part time and depend on their mothers and mothers-in-law for child care since any formal childcare system is virtually non-existent.
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“Maybe Solomon got depressed because he had hundreds of mothers-in-law?”
Dreamseller: The Calling Augusto Cury 2011
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“Maybe Solomon got depressed because he had hundreds of mothers-in-law?”
Dreamseller: The Calling Augusto Cury 2011
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“Chief, how come I always used to forget the names of my mothers-in-law?”
Dreamseller: The Calling Augusto Cury 2011
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“Maybe Solomon got depressed because he had hundreds of mothers-in-law?”
Dreamseller: The Calling Augusto Cury 2011
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“Chief, how come I always used to forget the names of my mothers-in-law?”
Dreamseller: The Calling Augusto Cury 2011
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Some plural compound nouns have an internal - s -, e.g. mothers-in-law, but if this was commonly initialised we would still say “em-eye-elz” rather than “emz-eye-el”.
Plurals of acronyms, abbreviations, initialisms and single letters 2009
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