单词 | ma-in-law |
释义 | ma-in-lawn. colloquial (now chiefly British). = mother-in-law n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > mother > [noun] > mother-in-law mother-in-lawa1382 eldmotherc1440 good-mother1491 mother-law1526 mother-of-law1538 mother1589 mother-on-law1670 mama-in-law1855 ma-in-law1899 mum-in-law1975 1899 Davenport (Iowa) Weekly Leader 10 Nov. 7/6 Fancy having that shrimp-eating old harridan for a ma-in-law! 1961 E. Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 5) II. 1175/1 Ma-in-law, mother-in-law; humorous; late C. 19–20. 1971 R. Rendell One Across v. 45 We've got some old tab coming here... Pal of my ma-in-law's. 1983 N. Bawden Ice House iii. i. 167 What the Americans call a tight schedule today. Drinkies with my ex-lover, tea with my ma-in-law, dinner down the road with old Simon. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1899 |
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