widow : Idioms & Phrases

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black widow

  • noun venomous New World spider; the female is black with an hourglass-shaped red mark on the underside of the abdomen
    Latrodectus mactans.
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chuck-will's-widow

  • noun large whippoorwill-like bird of the southern United States
    Caprimulgus carolinensis.
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Chuck`-Will's-wid"ow noun
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  1. (Zool.) A species of goatsucker (Antrostomus Carolinensis), of the southern United States; -- so called from its note.
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golf widow

  • noun a wife who is left alone much of the time because her husband is playing golf
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Grass widow

  • noun a divorced woman or a woman who is separated from her husband
    divorcee.
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  • . Cf. Prov. R. an unmarried mother, G. strohwittwe a mock widow, Sw. gräsenka a grass widow. (a) An unmarried woman who is a mother. Obs. (b) A woman separated from her husband by abandonment or prolonged absence; a woman living apart from her husband. Slang.
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mournful widow

  • noun Old World annual having fragrant purple to deep crimson flower heads; naturalized in United States
    Scabiosa atropurpurea; pincushion flower; sweet scabious.
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war widow

  • noun a woman whose husband has died in war
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Widow bewitched

  • a woman separated from her husband; a grass widow. Colloq.
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widow bird

  • noun mostly black African weaverbird
    whidah; whydah.
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Wid"ow bird`
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  1. (Zoöl.) See Whidan bird.
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Widow monkey

  • (Zoöl.), a small South American monkey (Callithrix lugens); so called on account of its color, which is black except the dull whitish arms, neck, and face, and a ring of pure white around the face.
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widow woman

  • noun a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried
    widow.
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Widow's chamber

  • (Eng. Law), in London, the apparel and furniture of the bedchamber of the widow of a freeman, to which she was formerly entitled.
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widow's peak

  • noun a V-shaped point in the hairline in the middle of the forehead
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widow's walk

  • noun a lookout atop a coastal house
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widow's weeds

  • noun a black garment (dress) worn by a widow as a sign of mourning
    weeds.
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widow-hunter

Wid"ow-hunt`er noun
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  1. One who courts widows, seeking to marry one with a fortune. Addison.
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Widow-in-mourning

  • (Zoöl.), the macavahu.
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widow-maker

Wid"ow-mak`er noun
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  1. One who makes widows by destroying husbands. R. Shak.
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widow-wail

Wid"ow-wail` noun
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  1. (Bot.) A low, narrowleaved evergreen shrub (Cneorum tricoccon) found in Southern Europe.
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