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- noun The
sister of someone'sstepmother orstepfather . - noun The
stepsister of someone'smother orfather .
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Examples
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Her step-aunt uses her as a servant in return for her room and board, while her spineless uncle looks on.
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I really noticed it when I went over to my step-aunt cathy's house.
Read It! j-ku 2009
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Haddock says Shannon was found in a box under the bed of Susan Baker, her step-aunt.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Haddock says Shannon was found in a box under the bed of Susan Baker, her step-aunt.
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I was reaquainted with a step-aunt I hadn't seen since childhood at my Grandfather's funeral last week and upon determining that I was the oldest and my taller sister was younger, she commented, "O, you're the one who always had her nose in a book."
I hope if you're a loner, you're a true loner and not a pseudo-loner. Ann Althouse 2008
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Tabitha had a step-aunt, too, Felicia Hart, and an uncle, David Morgenstern.
Grave Surprise Harris, Charlaine 2006
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And she looked so little and so old and so frumpy -- she'd been sewing all day for my beastly step-aunt and I'd been trying all day to get the courage to -- to -- "the girl's tears were streaming now and she didn't bother to wipe them away, she seemed utterly unashamed of them," to get rid of myself.
Little Miss By-The-Day Lucille Van Slyke
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Impractical as the "beastly step-aunt" had proclaimed her to be
Little Miss By-The-Day Lucille Van Slyke
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I've experience you know, my beastly step-aunt does make a good thing of it.
Little Miss By-The-Day Lucille Van Slyke
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I don't think she'll split on me, and I hope she'll square things with my step-aunt. 'jock's face beamed again now.
Five Go Off To Camp Blyton, Enid 1948
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