| 单词 | brother-in-lawship |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈbrother-in-ˌlawship ˈbrother-in-ˌlawship n. now rare ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > sibling > brother > relationship of brothers > [noun] > condition of brother-in-law brother-in-lawship1839 1839 W. M. Thackeray in Fraser's Mag. Oct. 450/1 The bridegroom..was in the act of making him a pretty speech..on the pleasures of brother-in-lawship in general. 1882 G. L. M. Strauss Reminisc. Old Bohemian (1883) 41 Karl..pledged his solemn word to me that no one but myself should ever dare to aspire to brother-in-lawship to him. 1933 F. Hurst Imitation of Life xxiv. 157 Fields, whose high-power sense of salesman technique obliterated his sense of brother-in-law-ship to Prynne of Brattleboro. < as lemmas |
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