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Daughters-in-law

Daughter-in-law \Daugh"ter-in-law`\, n.; pl. Daughters-in-law. The wife of one's son.

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daughters-in-law

n. (daughter-in-law English)

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daughters-in-law
daughter-in-law
  1. n. the wife of your son

  2. [also: daughters-in-law (pl)]

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Daughters-in-Law

Daughters-in-Law is a South Korean drama that aired from July 28, 2007 to January 20, 2008 in Korea by KBS2 starring Kim Ji-hoon, Lee Pil-mo, Lee Soo-kyung and Seo Young-hee. It premiered on KBS2 every Saturday and Sunday at 19:55 for 54 episodes.

The Korean title "며느리 전성시대" can be literally translated to "The Golden Age of Daughters-in-Law". This is an ironic reference to the fact that the traditional role of a Korean daughter-in-law was a life filled with thankless drudgery. This show explores whether modern life and ethos have improved the lives of daughters-in-law in various circumstances with a comedic tone.

Usage examples of "daughters-in-law".

Often, in absence, he would become a dream in my mind, so foreign was he to our day-by-day faster-and-faster-aging small-town life, the growing up of our sons, the adventure of daughters-in-law and grandchildren.

That's an old customer, with her daughters-in-law, and they come to gossip as much as for advice.

Father and son jested so, with affectionate give and take, until the huge table had been laid inside the house, The old man's daughters-in-law and grandchildren, left him by his sons, dead and living, went in and out.

All the daughters-in-law and granddaughters had gathered in those rambling buildings.

The grandchildren and daughters-in-law stood in a ring around the old man.

The old man's daughters-in-law and grandchildren ran busily about, counting the jars, estimating the value of the store of flour and oil, verifying the casks in the wine cellar.

The daughters-in-law and grandchildren prepared a bed for him in the yard.

The grandsons and daughters-in-law had come out and were laughing out loud at the spectacle of the drunken heroes.

The grandchildren and daughters-in-law moved nearer, the men and maids sat down on the ground together.

Two of his daughters-in-law placed a lantern near his head and a second near his feet.

Larry Bittle called her by her first name, and his wife and daughters-in-law had been known to drop by Pretenses to shop.