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Definition of Stepmothers
1. stepmother [n] - See also: stepmother
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stepmothers
Literary usage of Stepmothers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mountaineer by Conrad Speece (1823)
"Stepmothers Defended. FROM'OUr earliest years we are taught to shudder at the
idea of a stepmother. As if a stepmother must necessarily be a monster of ..."
2. John Bull and His Island by Max O'Rell (1884)
"Mammas—Delightful Papas—Stepmothers—Difference between a Misfortune and an
Accident—How to get rid of a Mother-in-law—Carrying off Simulated—An ..."
3. Her Royal Highness Woman and His Majesty by Max O'Rell (1901)
"... more than once—Stepmothers. IN some countries of the Far East the question
has been settled, so far as women are concerned: they burn their widows. ..."
4. Ireland's Welcome to the Stranger: Or An Excursion Through Ireland, in 1844 by Asenath Nicholson (1847)
"... to Bianconi—Strong National Peculiarities of the Irish—Unpopularity of
Stepmothers—St. Patrick's Well—A Poor Old Woman—A Baptist Minister—Happy Molly. ..."
5. The Mother Book by Margaret Elizabeth Munson Sangster (1912)
"XXXI Stepmothers AND MOTHERS BY ADOPTION N LIFE and letters alike, hard measure
has been administered to the stepmother. The old fairy tales describe her as ..."
6. Outlines of an History of the Hindu Law of Partition, Inheritance, and by Julius Jolly (1885)
"wish — snares ni collaterals— females entitled to a share— t lie mother —
Stepmothers and paternal grandmothers — The daughter — Charges on the estate ..."
7. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1890)
"Oh, you need n't talk to me about stepmothers; they interfere between the ...
What do we know really about stepmothers ? " " We know what everybody has ..."
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