in family way

ADJECTIVE

gravid

Synonyms

WEAK

abundant anticipating big carrying a child childbearing enceinte expectant expecting fecund fertile fraught fruitful gestating heavy hopeful in a family way parous parturient preggers productive prolific replete teeming with ch

ADJECTIVE

parturient

Synonyms

WEAK

abundant anticipating big carrying a child enceinte expectant expecting fecund fertile fraught fruitful gestating gravid heavy hopeful in a family way parous preggers productive prolific replete teeming with child

ADJECTIVE

pregnant

Synonyms

WEAK

abundant anticipating carrying a child childbearing enceinte expectant expecting fecund fertile fraught fruitful gestating gravid heavy hopeful parous parturient preggers productive prolific replete teeming with child

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This particular time grandmother Sylvia was in "family way" and that morning she began to pray as usual.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 by Work Projects Administration

in family way

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