parent-in-law
Americannoun
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Origin of parent-in-law
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Your Peggy will protect you, an' your footure parent-in-law himse'f acquits you of everything except bein' an eediot.
From Faro Nell and Her Friends Wolfville Stories by Dunton, W. Herbert
But you won’t mind my saying you are about the most imprudent parent-in-law elect I ever heard or read of.”
From Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion by Mitford, Bertram
The reduced, fine sister-in-law, with no desire to care for an aged parent-in-law, counseled: "Lucy, whatever you do, don't marry and break up the home!"
From The Tobacco Tiller A Tale of the Kentucky Tobacco Fields by Hackley, Sarah Bell
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