"sister from another mister" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsɪstə(ɹ) fɹəm əˈnʌðə(ɹ) ˈmɪstə(ɹ)/ [UK], /ˈsɪstɚ fɹəm əˈnʌðə ˈmɪstɚ/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-sister-from-another-mister.ogg [US] Forms: sisters from another mister [plural], sisters from other misters [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪstə(ɹ) Etymology: By analogy with brother from another mother. Etymology templates: {{m|en|brother from another mother}} brother from another mother Head templates: {{en-noun|sisters from another mister|sisters from other misters}} sister from another mister (plural sisters from another mister or sisters from other misters)
  1. (informal) A very close female friend. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Female people Related terms: sisters before misters
    Sense id: en-sister_from_another_mister-en-noun-TmiN0fEs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2010, Vanessa D[iana] Gilmore, “Dedication”, in You Can’t Make This Stuff Up: Tales from a Judicial Diva, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris",
          "text": "My deepest thanks to my sister, Pamela Wilson and to my brother from another mother, Richard Montgomery, and my sister from another mister, Muriel Funches.",
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          "ref": "[2016], Nicole Blades, The Thunder beneath Us, New York, N.Y.: Dafina Books/Kensington Publishing Corp.",
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          "ref": "2017, Liz Reinhardt, chapter 1, in Rebels Like Us, Don Mills, Ont.: Seventeen Fiction, Harlequin Teen",
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          "ref": "2018, J. Kenner, “An Introduction to the Lexi Blake Crossover Collection”, in Justify Me (A Stark International/Masters & Mercenaries Novella), [s.n.]: Evil Eye Concepts",
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          "ref": "2020, Felice Mathieu, “The Man behind the Message”, in A Christian Marriage Guide: Preventing Arguments and Promoting Unity in the Christian Marriage, [s.n.]: Felice Mathieu",
          "text": "I'm the only child, no brothers, or sisters / Other than brothers from other mothers / Or the sisters from other misters",
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          "ref": "2020, Felice Mathieu, “The Man behind the Message”, in A Christian Marriage Guide: Preventing Arguments and Promoting Unity in the Christian Marriage, [s.n.]: Felice Mathieu",
          "text": "I'm the only child, no brothers, or sisters / Other than brothers from other mothers / Or the sisters from other misters",
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