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double-uncle

double-uncle is the alternative form of double uncle.

Meaning of double uncle

Noun

double uncle (plural double uncles)

  1. A man who is one's uncle in two different ways, e.g. a brother of one parent and a brother-in-law of the other.
    • You can be a father as well as a double-uncle.2008, Carl Djerassi, Sex in an Age of Technological Reproduction

Forms of double-uncle

pluraldouble-uncles

Questions about double-uncle

What is double-uncle the alternative form of?
Double-uncle is the alternative form of double uncle.

Words near double-uncle in the dictionary

  1. double-trees
  2. double-trouble
  3. double-u
  4. double-u's
  5. double-ues
  6. double-uncle
  7. double-uncles
  8. double-vaccinated
  9. double-vaxxed
  10. double-whammies
  11. double-whammy

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