Meaning of grass widow | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A married woman whose spouse is away.
2. An unmarried woman who has had premarital sexual relations; a former mistress.
   obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“"Can't help it. I'm a lone, lorn grass-widow, dear, but I will not sleep in my stays."”

“Then Mrs. Gessler shook her head. "Well, you've joined the biggest army on earth. You're the great American institution that never gets mentioned on Fourth of July -- a grass widow with two small children to support. The dirty bastards."”

“And who ever heard of a demon sending his wife a divorce? When a demon marries a daughter of mortals,he usually lets her remain a grass widow.”

“I was disappointed when it was her who opened the door and said, ‘Ah, I had a feeling you were thinking about me! Come in, come in, do! I am a grass widow.’”

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