- Grasswidow
A Grasswidow (or Grass-widow, grass widow) is a
wife whosehusband will return after a limited period of time away, usually after a voyage. In a second sense it can refer to a womandivorce d or separated from her husband. The male equivalent is a grasswidower.Term
The "grass" refers to the
mattress , which used to be filled with grass: The "widow" is left back on the grass/mattress. "Grasswidower" can carry the implication that the husband is helpless when left home alone by his wife, especially in the kitchen. In dialect, it can also refer to a discarded mistress, or a woman who has anillegitimate child .ee also
Other uses
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Olsynium , or "Grasswidow" (plant)Arts
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Gustave Kerker , "The Grass Widows"
*Teri Holbrook, "The Grass Widow"
*Edith Pargeter , "The Grass-Widow's Tale"
*Snoo Wilson , "The Grass Widow"
*Max Linder , "Troubles of a Grasswidower" (silent film short, 1908)Music
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Povel Ramel , "Gräsänkling Blues" (Grasswidower Blues, Sweden)ources
* [http://m-w.com/dictionary/grasswidow Merriam-Webster on the term grasswidow]
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