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grass widower

grass widower noun: a married man whose spouse is away.

Noun

grass widower (plural grass widowers)

  1. A married man whose spouse is away.
    • “I shall be a gay grass widower for the next two months—wife’s gone for a holiday to the West Indies.”1914 February 25, A.T. Smith, Punch, page 146
    • "I wonder if there is a single person in the Stewartry that Campbell didn't have a row with," thought Wimsey, and made an addition to his list:—
      6. John Ferguson—about 36—about 5 foot 10 inches—grass widower.1931, Dorothy L. Sayers, The Five Red Herrings

Forms of grass widower

pluralgrass widowers

Origin of grass widower

From grass + widower, after grass widow.

Questions about grass widower

What does grass widower mean?
Grass widower means a married man whose spouse is away.
What part of speech is grass widower?
Grass widower is a noun.
What is the plural of grass widower?
The plural of grass widower is grass widowers.

Words near grass widower in the dictionary

  1. grass up
  2. Grass Valley
  3. grass warbler
  4. grass warblers
  5. grass widow
  6. grass widower
  7. grass widowers
  8. grass widowhood
  9. grass widows
  10. grass-bird
  11. grass-cock

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