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hemp-widows

hemp-widows is the plural of hemp-widow.

Meaning of hemp-widow

Noun

hemp-widow (plural hemp-widows)

  1. A widow whose spouse was hanged.
    • We're going over! There'll be a hemp-widow in Spain this night, or I'll be a dead man myself!"2022, Thomas B. Costain, For My Great Folly

Questions about hemp-widows

What is hemp-widows the plural of?
Hemp-widows is the plural of hemp-widow.

Words near hemp-widows in the dictionary

  1. hemp-nettle
  2. hemp-nettles
  3. hemp-vine
  4. hemp-vines
  5. hemp-widow
  6. hemp-widows
  7. hempbush
  8. hempcrete
  9. hempe
  10. Hempel
  11. Hempel's paradox

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