little woman
noun
old-fashioned + humorous, sometimes offensive
: wife
Example Sentences
I'll check with the little woman about whether we can go.
Recent Examples on the Web Thompson is also a disability rights speaker, facilitator and consultant who has osteogenesis imperfecta (commonly known as brittle bone disease) and is also a little woman who uses a wheelchair, and is hard of hearing. 
Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Aug. 2022 The millennial ideal includes a two-person wash-dry routine, rather than the little woman stacking plates into her dishwasher alone, pods of Cascade Complete in hand. Rebecca Gale, Marie Claire, 3 Apr. 2018
Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Aug. 2022 The millennial ideal includes a two-person wash-dry routine, rather than the little woman stacking plates into her dishwasher alone, pods of Cascade Complete in hand. Rebecca Gale, Marie Claire, 3 Apr. 2018 Word History
First Known Use
1715, in the meaning defined above