happy family
Britishnoun
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another name for grey-crowned babbler
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another name for apostle bird
Example Sentences
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Hope for Children was a stupid name, but he was relieved, somehow, that it wasn’t the Happy Family Adoption Agency, the same one that Chip’s family had dealt with.
From Literature
"I hated myself. I felt I'd ruined a perfectly happy family," Jacqui says.
From BBC
"We was all one big happy family in that gym and that was because of him. In that gym, I can honestly say to you, there was never ever a sense or a feeling of racism."
From BBC
"Behind all the happy family pictures are children - and adults - who've had big meltdowns," she says.
From BBC
Brooklyn, now 18, tells us about the day that shattered his happy family.
From BBC
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