Alternate Use
This term is sometimes used to refer to in-laws more indirectly related than the usual case of a spouse's sibling or sibling's spouse, for example one's sibling's spouse's sibling or one's spouse's sibling's spouse. This usage is most common in the US Midwest; elsewhere terms such as sister-in-law cover indirect as well as direct in-laws.
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Famous quotes containing the word alternate:
“I alternate treading water
and deadman’s float.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“Boswell, when he speaks of his Life of Johnson, calls it my magnum opus, but it may more properly be called his opera, for it is truly a composition founded on a true story, in which there is a hero with a number of subordinate characters, and an alternate succession of recitative and airs of various tone and effect, all however in delightful animation.”
—James Boswell (1740–1795)