godchild
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god·child
/ ˈgädˌchīld/
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n.
(pl. -child·ren
/ -ˌchildrən/ )
a person in relation to a godparent.
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godchild
Book article from: Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes
godchild • child , Childe, mild, self-styled, undefiled, wild, Wilde •grandchild • stepchild • brainchild •godchild • Rothschild • schoolchild •love child • unreconciled • bald , scald, so-called, uncalled...
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godson
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
god·son / ˈgädˌsən / • n. a male godchild.
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scald
Book article from: Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes
...child , Childe, mild, self-styled, undefiled, wild, Wilde •grandchild • stepchild • brainchild •godchild • Rothschild • schoolchild •love child • unreconciled • bald , scald, so-called, uncalled...
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unreconciled
Book article from: Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes
...child , Childe, mild, self-styled, undefiled, wild, Wilde •grandchild • stepchild • brainchild •godchild • Rothschild • schoolchild •love child • unreconciled • bald , scald, so-called, uncalled...
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Theobald
Book article from: Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes
...child , Childe, mild, self-styled, undefiled, wild, Wilde •grandchild • stepchild • brainchild •godchild • Rothschild • schoolchild •love child • unreconciled • bald , scald, so-called, uncalled...
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