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Unknown origin. [edit] Pronunciation. See grass and widow. [edit] Noun. grass

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Common Name: Blue-Eyed Grass, Yellow-Eyed Grass, Grass Widow. Origin:

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Aug 1, 2011 . Origin: (denoting an unmarried woman with a child): from "grass" + "widow",

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grass widower. 0.01 sec. grass widower. n. 1. A man who is divorced or

origin C16 (denoting an unmarried woman with a child): from grass + widow,

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Origin: Widowed; Widowing. A woman who has lost her husband by death, and

“Grace-widow (`grass-widow') is a term for one who becomes a widow by grace

Grass Widow. " — ORIGIN C16 (denoting an unmarried woman with a child): from

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Jan 24, 2006 . The origin of grass widow is unclear. Some sources suggest it comes from

chiefly dialect a : a discarded mistress b : a woman who has had an illegitimate

Jan 11, 1999 . At a recent gathering I indicated a certain woman was a "grass widow" (meaning

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Grass Widow there's two difinaion for it one is A grass widow is a . the OED

This pretty much kills the idea of an origin in "grace widow" or other such words. It

Jun 17, 2009 . Alternate Names: Douglas' Grass Widow, Purple-Eyed Grass, Satin Flower .

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His face turned as green as grass just before he vomited. See also: green. grass

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O.E. hassuc "clump of grass, coarse grass," of unknown origin. . "The Lusty

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O.E. hassuc "clump of grass, coarse grass," of unknown origin. . "long grass," c.

1. a man divorced or otherwise separated from his wife 2. a man whose wife is

grass widow. a woman abandoned by her husband. (The origin of this is not clear

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A dilution of the older and still current meaning: full of fight. This in turn was

Feb 18, 2009 . In older texts, none of which, however, predates 1528 (OED), grass widow had a

Whatever the origin, grass widow has been around for a very long time: the

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May 18, 2011 . ORIGIN early 16th cent. (denoting an unmarried woman with a child): from

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