grass widower

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English

Etymology

From grass +‎ widower, after grass widow.

Pronunciation

Noun

grass widower (plural grass widowers)

  1. A married man whose spouse is away.
    • 1914 February 25, A.T. Smith, Punch, page 146:
      “I shall be a gay grass widower for the next two months—wife’s gone for a holiday to the West Indies.”
    • 1931, Dorothy L. Sayers, The Five Red Herrings:
      "I wonder if there is a single person in the Stewartry that Campbell didn't have a row with," thought Wimsey, and made an addition to his list:—
      6. John Ferguson—about 36—about 5 foot 10 inches—grass widower.
    • 1984, Anita Brookner, Hotel du Lac, Penguin, published 2016, page 57:
      She was generous with her offers to introduce Edith to various grass-widowers of her acquaintance – ‘my cast-offs’, as she laughingly referred to them […] .

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