About The Word By-blow
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By-blow
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What's The Definition Of By-blow?
[n] the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents
Synonyms | Synonyms for By-blow: bastard | illegitimate | illegitimate child | love child | whoreson Related Terms | Find terms related to By-blow: See Also | issue | offspring | progeny By-blow In Webster's Dictionary \By"-blow`\, n.
1. A side or incidental blow; an accidental blow.
With their by-blows they did split the very stones
in pieces. --Bunyan.
2. An illegitimate child; a bastard.
The Aga speedily . . . brought her [his disgraced
slave] to court, together with her pretty by-blow,
the present Padre Ottomano. --Evelyn.
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