wedlock

See: BORN OUT OF WEDLOCK.

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[born out of wedlock] {adj. phr.} Born to parents who are not married to each other; without legal parents. * /Sometimes when a married couple can't have children, they adopt […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

out of wedlock

[out of wedlock] See: [BORN OUT OF WEDLOCK]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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