clinging vine

The definition of a clinging vine is a person who acts helpless and needy in a relationship, often refers to a woman.

(noun)

An example of a clinging vine is character in a movie who is nothing without her husband.

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See clinging vine in Webster's New World College Dictionary

a woman regarded as helpless and dependent in her relationship with a man

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