love child

Definitions

1. A child born as a result of a romantic liaison between parents not married to one another; an illegitimate child.
   euphemistic
2. Something that includes influences of multiple predecessors.

Equivalents

Examples

“Nobody ever came to see⟳ her, nobody spoke of her, nobody cared about her. Mr Brass had said once, that he believed she was a ‘love-child’ (which means anything but a child of love⟳).”

“Love⟳ child, never meant to be / Love⟳ child, born in poverty”

“The grunge genre was the love⟳ child of punk and metal.”

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