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n. - The illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents.

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  • “Meshisha is a by-blow, gotten in an evil hour,” says he.
  • As you can see for yourself, he left Pinewood to that chit, his by-blow.
  • I was beginning to wonder if Custer wasn't perhaps some by-blow of the Flashman family.
  • Some poor maidservant's by-blow by her master, or her master's son, or a passing guest.
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