单词 | wife-slaughter |
释义 | > as lemmaswife-slaughter wife-slaughter n. ΚΠ 1609 Bible (Douay) I. Num. v. Comm. God ordained this law..to avoid wiveslaughter. 1846 T. D. Gregg Free Thoughts on Protestant Matters v. 76/1 The wholesale wife-slaughter of Henry VIII. 1920 L. J. Miln Feast of Lanterns ix. 62 Ping-yang sank down on her heels in a frenzy of weeping that seemed to indicate prompt fulfillment of the prediction of Ch'êng Hsu's wife-slaughter. 2005 W. Deverell April Fool (2006) v. 54 There's a former jail guard waiting sentencing..for manslaughter or, in his case, wifeslaughter. < as lemmas |
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