bastard child

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It also suggests that the IMF, the utterly vital, eternally disavowable, brutally underloved bastard child of American intelligence, may not survive this latest and severest test of its abilities and resources.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 5, 2023

Gov't Mule is kind of the bastard child of the jam scene – the black sheep – because we're heavier than other jam bands.

From Salon • Jun. 17, 2023

Now a celebrated Northern leader, Jon Snow has come a long way from being outcast as Ned Stark's bastard child.

From BBC • Aug. 26, 2017

Jon is a bastard child, but not of Ned Stark.

From The Guardian • Jul. 13, 2017

He knew that the scandal would be the same whether she gave birth to a bastard child or married the son of a peasant: society would condemn her in either case.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende