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  • noun Plural form of son-in-law.

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Examples

  • Johnson said, Every day of this war the enemy comes down the Ho Chi Minh Trail with new equipment and new weapons, and they want to kill my sons-in-law.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • Johnson said, Every day of this war the enemy comes down the Ho Chi Minh Trail with new equipment and new weapons, and they want to kill my sons-in-law.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • Johnson said, Every day of this war the enemy comes down the Ho Chi Minh Trail with new equipment and new weapons, and they want to kill my sons-in-law.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • One fine morning when the family was at breakfast -- he had seen to it that all his sons-in-law and their wives were present -- he announced that he was returning to his ancestral soil.

    Chun Ah Chun 2010

  • There were sons-in-law that made bad investments, others that played ducks and drakes with the Achun dowries.

    Chun Ah Chun 2010

  • Rights groups and family members said armed men, believed to be police, stormed into Khawaja's home and beat him unconscious before removing him from the residence, along with two of his sons-in-law.

    Prominent Bahraini Activist Faces Trial 2011

  • “Children” are considered to be natural children, stepchildren, sons-in-law and daughters-in-law, and children adopted before the age of 18.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » California’s Woes and Prop 13 2010

  • The air was thick with schemes and counter-schemes to gain his favour and to prejudice him against one or another or all but one of his sons-in-law.

    Chun Ah Chun 2010

  • He's survived by his wife of 64 years, Norma, their three daughters and sons-in-law, eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

    Clyde King, Former Major League Manager, Dies At 86 AP 2010

  • He's survived by his wife of 64 years, Norma, their three daughters and sons-in-law, eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

    Clyde King, Former Major League Manager, Dies At 86 AP 2010

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