my own flesh and blood
Preserved but no longer current.
My own children, brothers, sisters, or other near kindred. The blood of the Grograms. Taffety gentility; ^ make-believe aristocratic blood. Grogram is a coarse silk taffety stiffened with gum (Fr. gros grain).
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “my own flesh and blood” mean?
My own children, brothers, sisters, or other near kindred. The blood of the Grograms. Taffety gentility; ^ make-believe aristocratic blood. Grogram is a coarse silk taffety stiffened with gum (Fr. gros grain).
Is “my own flesh and blood” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.