father-in-law
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Q. Handsy Father-in-Law: Recently I’ve taken up knitting as a way to bond with my mother-in-law.
From Slate • Feb. 2, 2015
Q. Awkward Run-in With Future Father-in-Law: My future in-laws stayed with us for several days a few weeks ago.
From Slate • Nov. 7, 2011
Shortly after the Indians invaded Goa three months ago, Jacqueline Kennedy postponed a scheduled trip to India; the illness of Father-in-Law Joseph P. Kennedy was her ostensible reason.
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Another reporter wondered if Father-in-Law Nikita, who may visit Rome later in the year, would also call on the Pope.
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About this Time also, the Throne of Goplone, of which his Father-in-Law had been dispossess'd, became vacant, and Zeokinizul's Honour required, that he should lay hold of this Opportunity to restore him.
From The Amours of Zeokinizul, King of the Kofirans Translated from the Arabic of the famous Traveller Krinelbol by Crébillon, Claude Prosper Jolyot de