Citations:milk-sibling

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English citations of milk-sibling

Noun: "alternative spelling of milk sibling"[edit]

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  • 2003 — Arthur Niehoff & Natalie Meister, "The Cultural Characteristics of Breastfeeding: A Survey", in The Manner Born: Birth Rites in Cross-Cultural Perspective (ed. Lauren Dundes), AltaMira Press (2003), →ISBN, page 188:
    Other kin relations were also binding between a nursling and his milk-siblings.
  • 2007 — Azam Torab, Performing Islam: Gender and Ritual in Iran, Brill (2007), →ISBN, page 159:
    Breast milk can determine marriageability according to the religious rules. Milk-siblings cannot marry for instance.
  • 2007 — William Cummings, A Chain of Kings: The Makassarese Chronicles of Gowa and Talloq, →ISBN, page 38:
    He died cut down on board ship, on the north side of Agangnionjoq, seawards of Lipukasiq, during harvest in Maros, on the third night of the month, cut down by his milk-sibling.