Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A man who, for any reason, is living apart from his wife.
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Examples
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Kensington while he himself continued his Eastern career as a grass-widower.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, March 14, 1917 Various
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Some weeks ago he gave up his chambers in St. James's, and went to live with an actor friend, a grass-widower, who has a house in the St. John's Wood Road close by.
The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel William John Locke 1896
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He was then fifty years old, a grass-widower -- twice over -- and on the lookout for a wife.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 Elbert Hubbard 1885
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