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BY-BLOW
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Dictionary entry overview: What does by-blow mean?
• BY-BLOW (noun)
The noun BY-BLOW has 1 sense:
1. the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents
Familiarity information: BY-BLOW used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
bastard; by-blow; illegitimate; illegitimate child; love child; whoreson
Hypernyms ("by-blow" is a kind of...):
issue; offspring; progeny (the immediate descendants of a person)
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