wife : Idioms & Phrases
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Butter wife
- a woman who makes or sells butter; called also
butter woman . Obs. or Archaic
Webster 1913
ex-wife
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noun a woman who was formerly a particular man's wife
ex.
- all his exes live in Texas
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husband-wife privilege
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noun neither spouse can divulge confidential communications from the other while they were married
marital communications privilege.
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lot's wife
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noun (Old Testament) when God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, Lot and his family were told to flee without looking back; Lot's wife was disobedient and was immediately changed into a pillar of salt
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man and wife
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noun two people who are married to each other
marriage; married couple.
- his second marriage was happier than the first
- a married couple without love
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Old wife
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In the senses b andc written alsooldwife .(a) A prating old woman; a gossip.Refuse profane and old wives' fables. 1 Tim. iv. 7.
(b) (Zoöl.) The local name of various fishes, as the European black sea bream (Cantharus lineatus ), the American alewife, etc.(c) (Zoöl.) A duck; the old squaw.
Webster 1913
Oyster wench , Oyster wife , Oyster women
- a women who deals in oysters.
Webster 1913
pudding-wife
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noun bluish and bronze wrasse; found from Florida keys to Brazil
Halicoeres radiatus; puddingwife.
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To be tied to a wife's or mother's apron strings
- to be unduly controlled by a wife or mother.
Webster 1913
To give to wife , To take to wife
- to give or take (a woman) in marriage.
Webster 1913
trophy wife
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noun a wife who is an attractive young woman; seldom the first wife of an affluent older man
- his trophy wife was an asset to his business
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Wife's equity
(Law) , the equitable right or claim of a married woman to a reasonable and adequate provision, by way of settlement or otherwise, out of her choses in action, or out of any property of hers which is under the jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery, for the support of herself and her children. Burrill.
