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milk-sister

milk-sister is the alternative spelling of milk sister.

Meaning of milk sister

Noun

milk sister (plural milk sisters)

  1. A female milk sibling.
    • In this shop, I always used to play hide-and-seek with Marie, my wet nurse's daughter, who in fact is my milk sister, […]2007, Jenny Erpenbeck, The Book of Words (trans. Susan Bernofsky), New Directions (2007; original German novel published 2004), page 46

Forms of milk-sister

pluralmilk-sisters

Questions about milk-sister

What is milk-sister the alternative spelling of?
Milk-sister is the alternative spelling of milk sister.

Words near milk-sister in the dictionary

  1. milk-mother
  2. milk-mothers
  3. milk-sap
  4. milk-sibling
  5. milk-siblings
  6. milk-sister
  7. milk-sisters
  8. milk-teeth
  9. milk-tini
  10. milk-tinis
  11. milk-tooth

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