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merry widow

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.64 in modern English

Syllables
mer-ry wid-ow
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative letter-case form of merry widow.

noun

A strapless corselet with long garters and half cups for the breasts.

noun

Veuve Clicquot champagne.

British usage; Slang

Etymology

(corselet): Originally a 1952 trademark of the Warner's lingerie company for a product eponymous of that year film The Merry Widow, itself based on the 1905 homonymous operetta by Franz Lehár.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Merry Widows (plural)

Questions

What does merry widow mean?
Alternative letter-case form of merry widow.
Where does merry widow come from?
(corselet): Originally a 1952 trademark of the Warner's lingerie company for a product eponymous of that year film The Merry Widow, itself based on the 1905 homonymous operetta by Franz Lehár.

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