as in love child
an illegitimate child
a notorious 17th-century libertine who supposedly left a brood of whoresons across the breadth of England
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love child
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But the new book claims to have access to 17 of his diaries and an interview with his secret love child.—
Chloe Mayer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
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The end result was that my hair looked like the love child of the Bride of Frankenstein and the demonic doll Chucky.—
Sherry Kuehl,
Kansas City Star,
23 July 2025
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“Whoreson.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whoreson. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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