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  • noun Plural form of stepbrother.

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Examples

  • The title stepbrothers engage in spectacular adventures in their quest to get the most out of their 104-day summer vacation, thwarting an older sister's attempts to fink on them every step of the way ...

    Linkomatic Steve Hulett 2008

  • Now, Katz said, the only time he uses the term for either his stepparents or stepbrothers is for the sake of clarity when talking to people who have only met one of the two families.

    Blended families more common, but the 'step' in 'stepmom' still carries a stigma Carol Morello 2011

  • These stepbrothers with pointy heads and green hair usually say goodbye to their mother at the beginning of the show, proceed to invent, create, build, travel, and solve in their backyard and beyond for the remainder of the day -- or the 22-minute episode -- to greet her again just before the credits roll.

    Molly Baker: Parenting Lessons from 'Phineas and Ferb' Molly Baker 2010

  • These stepbrothers with pointy heads and green hair usually say goodbye to their mother at the beginning of the show, proceed to invent, create, build, travel, and solve in their backyard and beyond for the remainder of the day -- or the 22-minute episode -- to greet her again just before the credits roll.

    Molly Baker: Parenting Lessons from 'Phineas and Ferb' Molly Baker 2010

  • Her father, Donald Williams, spent years in jail for armed robbery and some of her stepbrothers by her mother's later marriage to Asher Beckford also have a string of convictions, most notoriously in the case of Tumbi Beckford who was sentenced to 18 years in jail for the fatal shooting of Daniel Bogle in a case of mistaken identity over a drugs row.

    Jamelia: Respect for single mothers! 2011

  • Calle 13: Leading the race with a record 10 nominations, including album of the year for Entren Los Que Quieran, Puerto Rican stepbrothers René Pérez Joglar aka Residente andEduardo José Cabra Martínez aka Visitante are also up for producer of the year for Shakira's Sale El Sol.

    Voto Latino: AMP: Five Latin Grammy Nominees to Watch Voto Latino 2011

  • These stepbrothers with pointy heads and green hair usually say goodbye to their mother at the beginning of the show, proceed to invent, create, build, travel, and solve in their backyard and beyond for the remainder of the day -- or the 22-minute episode -- to greet her again just before the credits roll.

    Molly Baker: Parenting Lessons from 'Phineas and Ferb' Molly Baker 2010

  • Above all, in this era of multiple divorces and remarriages, my meetings with parents remind me of how at too-early an age so many of my students became skilled diplomats, figuring out which set of parents to visit on vacations and how to negotiate breakfasts with stepbrothers and stepsisters they barely knew.

    Nicolaus Mills: Parents, Grads, and the End of the Commencement Season Nicolaus Mills 2011

  • These stepbrothers with pointy heads and green hair usually say goodbye to their mother at the beginning of the show, proceed to invent, create, build, travel, and solve in their backyard and beyond for the remainder of the day -- or the 22-minute episode -- to greet her again just before the credits roll.

    Molly Baker: Parenting Lessons from 'Phineas and Ferb' Molly Baker 2010

  • Above all, in this era of multiple divorces and remarriages, my meetings with parents remind me of how at too-early an age so many of my students became skilled diplomats, figuring out which set of parents to visit on vacations and how to negotiate breakfasts with stepbrothers and stepsisters they barely knew.

    Nicolaus Mills: Parents, Grads, and the End of the Commencement Season Nicolaus Mills 2011

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