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love-child
love child
noun
a child born out of wedlock.
Origin:
1795–1805
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love child
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n
euphemistic
an illegitimate child; bastard
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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Word Origin & History
love child
"child born out of wedlock," 1805, from
love
(n.) +
child
. Earlier was love brat (17c.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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