Citations:milk brother

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English citations of milk brother

Noun: "a male milk sibling"[edit]

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  • 2004 — Carmen Bin Laden, Inside The Kingdom: My Life in Saudi Arabia, Warner Books (2004), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
    Mafouz, Yeslam's milk brother, came to visit us.
  • 2004 — Christiane Bird, A Thousand Sighs, A Thousand Revolts: Journeys in Kurdistan, Random House (2005), →ISBN, page 149:
    [] and I was only half listening to my guide's patter when she suggested we stop to visit her "milk brother."
  • 2005 — George R. R. Martin, A Feast for Crows, Spectra (2005), →ISBN, page 299:
    Garin had been with them as well that day; he was Arianne's milk brother, and they had been inseparable since before they learned to walk.