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Your brother or sister's daughter.

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Usage examples (36)
  • She could not quit. She had to share; Gave bit by bit The silverware, The barnyard geese, The parlor rug, Her little niece's christening mug.
  • Or maybe it's because my niece is a frickin 'grandmother at 44!
  • Bill, my niece is at Miami of O-- please do not wrassle with her.
  • Cousin Molle goes to Cambridge and the niece is the only visitor.
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  • My "niece" (my brother's or sister's daughter) can gather some "nice" (pleasant) to look at "gneiss" (a type of rock).
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