sister-out-law

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English

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Etymology

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From sister +‎ -out-law, by analogy to sister-in-law.

Noun

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sister-out-law (plural sisters-out-law)

  1. The sister of one's boyfriend or girlfriend.
  2. Girlfriend of one's brother or sister.
    • 2008, John Crawley, Among the Aspen[1], →ISBN, TDrcNfNKVH4C, page 114:
      I, on the other side, was ready to strangle my almost sister-in-law. (My sister out-law.)
    • 2013, Howard Balloch, Semi-Nomadic Anecdotes[2] (Biography & Autobiography), →ISBN, jwc6BgAAQBAJ, page 59:
      This included Prunella Tuff, my “sister-out-law”, a term we invented to describe the relationship between us as she was the sister of my brother in-law, Tim Tuff.
    • 2014, Janice Ryan Hall, Deadly Ties: Sequel to Blood Ties[3], volume 2 (Fiction), →ISBN, D1dXDQAAQBAJ, page 565:
      “If you're openly gay, wouldn't that make you his sister-out-law?”
    • 2015, Katherine Woodward Thomas, Conscious Uncoupling: 5 Steps to Living Happily Even After[4] (Family & Relationships), →ISBN, 2pv0BQAAQBAJ, page 59:
      I, on the other side, was ready to strangle my almost sister-in-law. (My sister out-law.)
  3. The sister of one's ex-spouse.

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