grass widower
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.01 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A married man whose spouse is away.
Example Sentences
- "“I shall be a gay grass widower for the next two months—wife’s gone for a holiday to the West Indies.”"
- ""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."
- "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 […]."