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by-blow

[ bahy-bloh ]
/ ˈbaɪˌbloʊ /
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noun
an incidental or accidental blow.
Also bye-blow . an illegitimate child; bastard.
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Origin of by-blow

First recorded in 1585–95; by- + blow1
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Words related to by-blow

bar sinister, bastard, bend sinister, love child, nullius filius, whoreson, bastardy, natural child

How to use by-blow in a sentence

  • He did not dare ask Charity for a divorce in order that he might legitimize this byblow of his.

    We Can't Have Everything|Rupert Hughes

British Dictionary definitions for by-blow

by-blow
noun
a passing or incidental blow
an archaic word for a bastard
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