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Definition of Love child

1. Noun. The illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents.

Definition of Love child

1. Noun. (euphemistic) A child born as a result of a romantic liaison between parents not married to one another; an illegitimate child. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Love Child

Literary usage of Love child

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Career of Dion Boucicault by Townsend Walsh (1915)
"Strong evidence to prove that he was a love-child—His reputed father— The Darley family—Dr. Dionysius Lardner. RE you an Irishman?" somebody once asked Dion ..."

2. Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect by William Barnes (1863)
"THE love child. WHERE the bridge out at Woodley did stride, Wi' his wide arches' ... love child."

3. Fifty Years of English Song: Selections from the Poets of the Reign of Victoria by Henry Fitz Randolph (1888)
"... THE love child. WHERE the bridge out at Woodley did stride, Wi' his wide arches' cool ... love child."

4. A Supplementary English Glossary by Thomas Lewis Owen Davies (1881)
"LOVE-CHILD, bastard. See quotation from Miss Austen я. v. ALL то ONE. Nothing won't do us no good, unless we all repent of our wicked ways, our drinking, ..."

5. Shropshire Word-book: A Glossary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Etc., Used by Georgina Frederica Jackson (1879)
"See Bk. IT., Folklore, &c., « Customs.' LOVE-CHILD, ,чЬ. an illegitimate child.—PULVERBATCH. For some admirable remarks on tho use of this term ' love-child ..."

6. The Dramatic Index for ...: Covering Articles and Illustrations Concerning edited by Anne C. Sutherland, Frederick Winthrop Faxon, Mary Estella Bates (1918)
"love child. The. Нес Lovers' vows. Love drive. ... Lovers' vows, play adapted by Mrs. Inchbald from the German play The love child by Kotzebue. ..."

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