by-blow

American  

[bahy-bloh] / ˈbaɪˌbloʊ /

noun

1. an incidental or accidental blow.

2. Also bye-blow an illegitimate child; bastard.

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by-blow British  

noun

1. a passing or incidental blow

2. an archaic word for a bastard

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Etymology

Origin of by-blow

First recorded in 1585–95; by- + blow ¹

Example Sentences

Our idea of religion is a by-blow of the Reformation, a Protestant concept foregrounding a personal state of mind and creedal beliefs.

From The Wall Street Journal

After Officer Delinko gave him a lift home, Curly had entertained his wife and mother-in-law with a blow- by-blow account of the exciting events.

From Literature

Farthingale was as well known in Riddsley as the Maypole; gossip had it that he was a by-blow of an old name.

From Project Gutenberg

At the same time, the little by-blow at Leibgeber did not surprise him so much as her remarkable bodily repugnance and antipathy to him.

From Project Gutenberg

"To the father of the girl's by-blow," he shouted, when the glasses were charged; and then the company laughed till the roof rang, and above all was the shrill laugh of Thorkell Mylrea.

From Project Gutenberg