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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A child ascribed to the domain of its birth, or to the ruler of it: as, “Thetis' birth-child” (Shak., Pericles, iv. 4), that is, one born on the sea, the domain of Thetis.
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“Calling Telluride "Aspen's birth-child," he says it was "Aspen that created Telluride.”
“CouponCodes4U is the Stateside birth-child of one of the UK's leading young entrepreneurs,”
“And so it is that the middle class, the birth-child of capitalism, is both celebrated and enslaved - for its own good and the greater good.”
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