Meanings
- alternativenonstandardrareAlternative form of son-in-law.
The soninlaw, tried some months ago, was found guilty and is now serving a life term in the penitentiary at Fort Madison.
1923 December 27, “Mrs. Wertz Admitted Shooting Husband—Soninlaw is Convicted”, in The Frontier, O'Neill, NE, →ISSN5 more examples
this feller was being sood for devorse from his friend wife and the wife's mother was on the witness stand ripping her soninlaw into 40-leven peaces
1915 July 20, The Day Book, Chicago, →ISSNIf his fatherinlaw takes him in business, the soninlaw is a sissy; if he doesn't, it is because the soninlaw is a thief. If he spends his wife's money, he is scorned as a parasite; if he advises saving it, he is reviled as a tight-ward.
1920 June 24, “The Soninlaw”, in The Tabor Independent, Tabor, SD, →ISSNMrs. Ethel Gallagher left the city on Monday morning for Detroit where she will visit her daughter and soninlaw and grand baby. Friends wish Mrs. Galagher^([sic]) a pleasant trip.
1950 May 27, The Miami Times, Miami, →ISSN, page 7As you might realize, there are a few, especially older doctors out there who just don't keep up. I have 2 physician soninlaws who both practice away from this area, and I'd like to believe they do.
1999 December 16, MomS...@webtv.net, “Family Doctor”, in alt.support.diabetes (Usenet)I have been a Sabres fan since they started and continue to watch them on the dish down here. As I type this, my soninlaw and grandaughter are watching the Sabres and Av's at HSBC Arens.
2001 December 7, Robert Baker, “My 2 cents”, in alt.sports.hockey.nhl.buffalo-sabres (Usenet)
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