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BY-BLOW

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by-blow

  [bahy-bloh]
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–noun
1. an incidental or accidental blow.
2. Also, bye-blow. an illegitimate child; bastard.
Origin:
1585–95; by- + blow 1
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by-blow   (bī'blō')
n.  

  1. An indirect or chance blow.

  2. A child born out of wedlock.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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