bastard child

Example Sentences

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Now a celebrated Northern leader, Jon Snow has come a long way from being outcast as Ned Stark's bastard child.

From BBC • Aug. 26, 2017

Jon is a bastard child, but not of Ned Stark.

From The Guardian • Jul. 13, 2017

“Horror seems to be the bastard child of the industry,” she added.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2016

As the bastard child of “The Twilight Zone” with better-looking principles, “The X-Files” won us over with its paranormal scenarios and long-simmering tension between swaggering, moody Mulder and chilly, scientific Scully.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2015

“The whale abhors chaos; the squid detests order. Is this ship not the bastard child of both?”

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman