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for by-blow
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
By-blow \By"-blow`\, n.
1. A side or incidental blow; an accidental blow.
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With their by-blows they did split the very stones
in pieces. --Bunyan.
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2. An illegitimate child; a bastard.
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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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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
by-blow
n 1: the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents [syn:
bastard, by-blow, love child, illegitimate child,
illegitimate, whoreson]
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