"in the family way" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-in the family way.wav
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  1. (euphemistic) Pregnant. Tags: euphemistic Categories (topical): Pregnancy Translations (pregnant): in anderen Umständen (German), guter Hoffnung (German), állapotos (Hungarian), terhes (Hungarian), várandós (Hungarian), anyai örömök elé néz (Hungarian), gyermeket vár (Hungarian), in dolce attesa (Italian), de barriga (Portuguese)

Alternative forms

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