Step-son

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of stepson. alt-of, alternative

    "John Cool, a resident of Warrensville, twelve miles east of Clveland, made an attack upon two step-sons, Edward and Henry Quayle, aged twenty and eighteen years, with a butcher knife, on Saturday evening, and inflicted wounds upon both to such an extent that Henry died in four hours and Edward cannot live long."

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childchip off the old blockdaughterdescendantheiressoffspring

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"His step-son is the heir to his riches."

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