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widow's cruses

widow's cruses is the plural of widow's cruse.

Meaning of widow's cruse

Noun

widow's cruse (plural widow's cruses)

  1. An inexhaustible supply, often of something that appears meager.
    • Thus profits, as a source of capital increment for entrepreneurs, are a widow's cruse which remains undepleted however much of them may be devoted to riotous living.2005, Jan Toporowski, Theories of financial disturbance
    Synonyms:
    magic pudding

Questions about widow's cruses

What is widow's cruses the plural of?
Widow's cruses is the plural of widow's cruse.

Words near widow's cruses in the dictionary

  1. widow's chamber
  2. widow's cross
  3. widow's cruise
  4. widow's cruises
  5. widow's cruse
  6. widow's cruses
  7. widow's lawn
  8. widow's man
  9. widow's mite
  10. widow's mites
  11. widow's peak

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