单词	by-blows
释义	by-blow noun ˈbī-ˌblō  plural by-blows 1 : an indirect blow While photographers snapped away, the two men chatted amiably about … the by-blows from Hurricane Esther, even then whipping through New York. Time 2 dated : a child born to parents who are not married to each other … Aubrey noted that Shakespeare … had bedded down at the Crown Tavern in Oxford; that the innkeeper's wife was a very beautiful and witty woman; and that her poet son boasted of being Shakespeare's by-blow. S. Schoenbaum … and now, after over twenty years of bachelorhood, Travis has suddenly discovered he has a daughter of seventeen, a by-blow from an earlier case. Charles Nicol 3 : a secondary or unintended consequence As one of the by-blows of having my microwave books published in London, I have been going there more … Barbara Kafka … the lunar programme was a child of its time, a by-blow of the Cold War arms race … Daily Telegraph (London) Synonyms bastard love child whoreson See all Synonyms & Antonyms Word History First Known Use 1590, in the meaning defined at sense 1 by-blows noun plural of by-blow as in nieces an illegitimate child prior to his election as pope, Alexander VI fathered four by-blows, including the notorious siblings Cesare and Lucrezia Borgia Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance nieces whoresons love children nephews bastards
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