Uncleship

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being an uncle; uncledom countable, uncountable

    "Being without a family, I am flattered with these temporary adoptions into a friend's family; I feel a sort of cousinhood, or uncleship, for the season"

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"Being without a family, I am flattered with these temporary adoptions into a friend's family; I feel a sort of cousinhood, or uncleship, for the season"

Etymology

From uncle + -ship.

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