Meaning of in-lawry | Babel Free

Definitions

The condition of being an in-law.

rare, uncountable

Examples

“In the course of a long life we have only met one person who claimed to be wholly guiltless of “in-lawry.” […] For those who waste their time on reflection it is curious to note that although, as has been pointed out, “in-lawry” is the common fate of the entire human race—you may get through life untouched by fire, water, small-pox, or bankruptcy, but here is no escape—the entire human race continues to remain in open revolt at the situation, alternately gibbing and buck-jumping, as if it were a new impost invented of a cheeseparing Exchequer Chancellor to vex the souls and rob the tills of unoffending citizens.”

“Just as we parents are inclined to reveal certain human frailties which parenthood tends to bring out, so also we grandparents and in-laws are inclined to reveal certain human frailties which our grandparenthood and in-lawry tend to uncover.”

“If he has no deep understanding of individual conduct, like any good provincial observer he can perceive the hidden network of groups, […] by the complicated genealogies of in-lawry.”

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