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词组 heir and a spare
释义 heir and a spare

two sons, in the context of a male line of succession; hence, one and a spare of anything UK
Used as a minimum breeding requirement by powerful and privileged families whose bloodline justifies their inheritance, applied especially to monarchies.
  • I realise I’ve forgotten my notebook. As there’s always an heir and a spare in the car, I dash out to fetch it. — Daily Telegraph, 26 July 2003
  • Former butler Paul Burrell wrote in a new chapter added to his best-selling book, A Royal Duty, that Diana held the view that she had been “sold to the Royal Family” to produce “an heir and a spare”. — The Scotsman, 28 May 2004
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