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merry-widowing

merry-widowing is the present participle and gerund of merry-widow.

Meaning of merry-widow

Verb

merry-widow (third-person singular simple present merry-widows, present participle merry-widowing, simple past and past participle merry-widowed)

  1. (obsolete) To swirl around dancing a romantic or flamboyant waltz.
    • Dan produced his divining rod - a piece of forked willow tree - and taking a firm grip of it with both hands, went off ‘merry-widowing’ round Skinnerlouse’s yard.1911, ‘Steel Rudd’, The Book of Dan, Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, published 1970, page 8

Questions about merry-widowing

What is merry-widowing the present participle and gerund of?
Merry-widowing is the present participle and gerund of merry-widow.

Words near merry-widowing in the dictionary

  1. merry-thoughts
  2. merry-totter
  3. merry-totters
  4. merry-widow
  5. merry-widowed
  6. merry-widowing
  7. merry-widows
  8. merryandrew
  9. merryandrews
  10. merrybell
  11. merrybells

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