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  • noun informal stepchild

Etymologies

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step- +‎ kid

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Examples

  • My oldest stepkid has asthsma and uses inhalers that he was pretty addicted to and which he had never paid for.

    Eugene Robinson gets the name of the site right. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009

  • And in societies that rely on relatives to help raise kids, "it doesn't make sense to destroy a 10-year-old stepkid since he could be a helper," Hill points out.

    Why Do We Rape, Kill and Sleep Around? JLK 2009

  • And in societies that rely on relatives to help raise kids, "it doesn't make sense to destroy a 10-year-old stepkid since he could be a helper," Hill points out.

    Archive 2009-07-01 JLK 2009

  • The stepkid recently has become enamored of Godzilla in all its incarnations; two weeks ago the kid and his Dad watched the original, the one with Raymond Burr.

    Archive 2005-05-01 Emma Goldman 2005

  • I like the rhythm of finding recipes, making a grocery list, doing the shopping the stepkid likes to be the "lister," i.e., the person who crosses things off the list, making the food, knowing it's there in the freezer.

    Thought for Food Emma Goldman 2005

  • Some of it, for me, is the intrinsic pleasure I take in the actual making, and I've tried and actually succeeded in communicating some of that pleasure to the stepkid.

    Bodies of Knowledge Emma Goldman 2005

  • I pointed out to the stepkid that he would see this scene, or one like it, in many, many movies.

    Things I Can Remember That Were Bad about the Godzilla Remake Emma Goldman 2005

  • I pointed out to the stepkid that he would see this scene, or one like it, in many, many movies.

    Archive 2005-05-01 Emma Goldman 2005

  • I like the rhythm of finding recipes, making a grocery list, doing the shopping the stepkid likes to be the "lister," i.e., the person who crosses things off the list, making the food, knowing it's there in the freezer.

    Archive 2005-04-01 Emma Goldman 2005

  • Some of it, for me, is the intrinsic pleasure I take in the actual making, and I've tried and actually succeeded in communicating some of that pleasure to the stepkid.

    Archive 2005-04-01 Emma Goldman 2005

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