单词 | milk-tie |
释义 | > as lemmasmilk-tie milk-tie n. rare = milk kinship n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > [noun] > adoptive or foster relationship adoptionc1384 milk-tie1870 milk kinship1885 1870 J. Lubbock Origin of Civilisation (ed. 2) iii. 66 The symbol of adoption represented not the birth, but the milk-tie. 1955 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 85 60 Even a child might be married to the common wife by the milk-tie, and when he grew up claim conjugal rights in his much older wife. < as lemmas |
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