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in the family way

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Pregnant, as in Mary's in the family way again. This euphemistic expression dates from the late 1700s and may be dying out.

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Words nearby in the family way

in the event of, in the eye, in the eye of, in the face, in the face of, in the family way, in the final analysis, in the first place, in the flesh, in the flush of, in the fullness of time
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Words related to in the family way

anticipating, carrying, expecting, gestating, with child
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