onlyborn
Adjective
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Adjective
onlyborn (not comparable)
- Born as the only child in a family, flock, or the like.
- 1986, G. Hugh Allred, Teenager: A Survival Guide for Mom and Dad, Bookcraft (1986), ISBN 9780884945918, page 137 ↗:
- An onlyborn parent who is level has plenty of good qualities: He tends to be self-reliant.
- 1986, G. Hugh Allred, Teenager: A Survival Guide for Mom and Dad, Bookcraft (1986), ISBN 9780884945918, page 137 ↗:
onlyborn (plural onlyborns)
- The only child to be born to a parent or family.
- 2001, Susan Newman, Parenting an Only Child: The Joys and Challenges of Raising Your One and Only, Broadway Books (2001), ISBN 9780767906296, page 49 ↗:
- One of the most extensive studies ever undertaken tracked more than three thousand high school students — half were onlyborns, half had one sibling — for a twenty-year period.
- 2001, Susan Newman, Parenting an Only Child: The Joys and Challenges of Raising Your One and Only, Broadway Books (2001), ISBN 9780767906296, page 49 ↗:
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