单词 | grass-widowerhood |
释义 | > as lemmasgrass-ˈwidowerhood grass-ˈwidowerhood n. the state or condition of being a grass widower. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married man > [noun] > husband > husband whose wife is absent > condition of grass-widowerhood1861 widowery1886 1861 Chambers's Jrnl. 9 Mar. 145/1 Grass widowerhood is the greatest cost at which a good appointment in India can be purchased. 1930 H. M. Harwood & R. G. Browne Cynara 34 We're celebrating his grass-widowerhood. 2011 Eastern Daily Press (Norwich) (Nexis) 9 July ‘It is the cause, it is the cause, my soul’ I murmured during my grass-widowerhood, as the milk boiled over in the saucepan. < as lemmas |
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