heir-loom

English

Noun

heir-loom (plural heir-looms)

  1. An old variation on heirloom.
    • 1834, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Francesca Carrara, volume 1, page 92:
      If the fair Mancini manages the son as her uncle has managed the mother, France is but a heir-loom to the Mazarins.
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