sister-out-law
noun 3
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2VERB + SISTER-OUT-LAW
make
SISTER-OUT-LAW + NOUN
term
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noun
1
The sister of one's boyfriend or girlfriend.
2
Girlfriend of one's brother or sister.
I, on the other side, was ready to strangle my almost sister-in-law. (My sister out-law.)
This included Prunella Tuff, my “sister-out-law”, a term we invented to describe the relationship between us as she was the sister of my brother in-law, Tim Tuff.
3
The sister of one's ex-spouse.
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I, on the other side, was ready to strangle my almost sister-in-law. (My sister out-law.)
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This included Prunella Tuff, my “sister-out-law”, a term we invented to describe the relationship between us as she was the sister of my brother in-law, Tim Tuff.
Wiktionary03
“If you're openly gay, wouldn't that make you his sister-out-law?”
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