Child-bearing

adj, noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of childbearing. alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of childbearing. alt-of, alternative, not-comparable

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"Polyandry used to be common among the Sherpas of Nepal, where a band of brothers would often take a wife in common. When she died--of child-bearing or overwork--they would frequently marry her younger sister."

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