Definition of double genitive
: a syntactic construction in English in which possession is marked both by the preposition of and a noun or pronoun in the possessive case (as in "A friend of Bob's is a friend of mine")
— called also double possessive
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“Double genitive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/double%20genitive. Accessed 2 Jul. 2022.
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The first known use of double genitive was in 1824
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