whole sister

American  

noun

1. a sister whose parents are the same as one's own.

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Example Sentences

It was but woman nature to feel it to be very hard for a whole sister to sit at the side of the table while a half sister sat at its head.

From Round Anvil Rock A Romance by Banks, Nancy Huston

Let him first beg food of his mother, or of his sister, or of his mother's whole sister; then of some other female who will not disgrace him.

From Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology by Clarke, James Freeman

"Yes, she could—not a whole sister, perhaps, but a half one."

From The Benefactress by Elizabeth

"So that, upon the whole, sister, there is little to remove."

From Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood by Prest, Thomas Preskett

Dortch's whole sister, Adrianna, is living next door to him, and is eighty-five years old going on eighty-six.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 2 by Work Projects Administration