OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 16824

grass widow

/ˈɡɹɑːs ˌwɪdəʊ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
esposa separada temporalmente
A married woman whose spouse is away.
"Can't help it. I'm a lone, lorn grass-widow, dear, but I will not sleep in my stays."
Then Mrs. Gessler shook her head. "Well, you've joined the biggest army on earth. You're the great American institution that never gets mentioned on Fourth of July -- a grass widow…
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