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Brethren-in-law

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Noun
  1. 1
    plural of brother-in-law archaic, form-of, plural

    "And if, occasionally, their superior position made these officers in times of emergency address their tattooed brethren-in-law in vigorous and uncomplimentary language, emphasized by a knockdown blow, no ill will was either felt on one side nor engendered on the other."

Etymology

From Middle English breþeren in lawe, equivalent to brethren + in + law.

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