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by-child
by-child n.
Brit. 
/ˈbʌɪtʃʌɪld/
, /ˈbʌɪtʃʌɪld/U.S. /ˈbaɪˌtʃaɪld/
(also bye-child) a bastard./ˈbaɪˌtʃaɪld/ΚΠ
1873 Lett. from Jamaica 81 Concubinage is a universal institution, and bears with it no disgrace. The offspring of such connexions—‘bye-children’, ‘out-children’, or ‘love-children’, as they are called,—generally follow the mother.
1894 H. Caine Manxman iii. xvi You'd be hearing of the by-child, it's like?
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