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grass widow definition

grass widow

  1. a woman divorced or otherwise separated from her husband
  2. a woman whose husband is often away for short periods of time

Etymology: Early ModE, discarded mistress (similar to Du grasweduwe, Ger strohwittwe): prob. allusion is to bed of grass or straw as opposed to the conjugal bed

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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