Meaning of co-mother-in-law | Babel Free

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The mother of one's children-in-law; that is, the mother-in-law of one's children, or, the mother of one spouse in relation to the parents of the other spouse; either of two or more women whose children marry each other, such as the mother of a bride vis-à-vis the mother of the groom.

uncommon

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Examples

“After dinner, the discerning eye of the co-mother-in-law divines the work of darkness. Your wife also is an expectant mother !”

“She had a right of entrée to the Castle now as prospective co-mother-in-law with the duchess, and made the most of it.”

“[…] responded with temper and irritability toward her step-daughter, Anna, who was so demure and so complete a member of the new society, and toward Ngaoli, her co-mother-in-law, gaunt, old, married under the old system, a devoted church member, righteous mother of five children, who fortunately had no complications in her life.”

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