[Fictionary] stepmother's blessing reminder

[Jean-Joseph Cote]

I neglected to send out a reminder, and I have too much on my plate 
today to compile the votes, so I'll extend the voting until I get back 
from my haircut after work tomorrow night (Monday).

Jean-Joseph
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stepmother's blessing - n. - A young, good cook.

stepmother's blessing - n. - A meal of wild mushrooms.

stepmother's blessing - n. - A child significantly younger than all of 
its siblings.

stepmother's blessing - n. - A callus or corn on the dorsal side of 
fingers or toes.

stepmother's blessing - n. - 1) A hangnail, 2) Queen Anne's lace 
(/Anthriscus sylvestris/).

stepmother's blessing - n. - Colloquial phrase meaning "all of the 
benefits without the difficult parts".

Stepmother's Blessing - n. - A patented grafted strawberry combining 
disease-tolerant rootstock with long-bearing crown.

stepmother's blessing - n. - (Perl)  The act of blessing an object into 
a class other than that of its original constructor.

stepmother's blessing - n. - A plant, /Plantago echinosa/, introduced to 
New Zealand as sheep fodder, but which turned out to be a noxious weed.

stepmother's blessing - n. - In Bavaria and other regions of southern 
Germany, a rose bush or other flowering shrub planted on the grave of a 
woman who died in childbirth.

stepmother's blessing - n. - When a stepmother stops being afraid of 
taking care of children not her own by birth and decides to love them, 
that is a blessing indeed.  With so many mythologically and 
psychologically derogatory messages about wicked stepmothers, and even 
taboos against mothers-in-law, a stepmother's blessing is a healing and 
nurturing action when you might be expecting the opposite.

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