| 单词 | nephew-in-law |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnephew-in-law nephew-in-law n. the son-in-law of a person's brother or sister. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > nephew or niece > [noun] > nephew > nephew-in-law nephew-in-law1797 1797 T. Rumney Let. 8 Oct. in A. W. Rumney From Old South-Sea House (1914) xiv. 253 I regret Mr. Powell, who is Mrs. Clark's nephew-in-law in Town very soon. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xv. 134 The company added their entreaties to those of his nephew-in-law. 1885 T. D. English Boy's Bk. Battle-lyrics 2 Not only were eighty-two killed, including the nephew and nephew-in-law of the Adelantado.., but none of the Spaniards escaped severe wounds. 1998 Independent 14 Nov. (Mag.) 55/2 (caption) Attilio..uses a manual crusher to squeeze the grapes, while his English nephew-in-law..collects the fermented grapes. < as lemmas |
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