Chiefly slang. A man's wife or mistress. Obsolete. rare.
| 单词 | θ153790 |
| 释义 | society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married woman > [noun] > wife > one's wife (9) peculiar1615 Chiefly slang. A man's wife or mistress. Obsolete. rare. old woman1668 colloquial. A person's mother; a man's wife or female partner. Cf. old lady, n. 2. Frequently with possessive adjective. old girl1745 colloquial. Without necessarily connoting age: a woman, spec. one's mother or wife. Used either disrespectfully or (occasionally) as an endearing… the Mrs1821 colloquial. the Mrs: a wife; esp. one's own wife. Cf. missus, n. 2. old lady1836 colloquial. A familiar or affectionate form of address for an old woman. Cf. old, adj. 16b. old Dutcha1889 A costermonger's wife; gen. a wife; often old Dutch. duchess1909 transferred. slang. A woman of imposing demeanour or showy appearance. Hence, a girl or woman, spec. one's mother or wife (cf. dutch, n.2); also as a… ever-loving1939 A person who loves for ever; (colloquial) a person's wife. her indoors1979 one's wife or girlfriend; in extended use, applied to any woman occupying a position of authority who is regarded as domineering. |
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