Brewer's: Widow

(See Grass Widow.)

Widow

(in Hudibras). The relict of Aminadab Wilmer or Willmot, an Independent, slain at Edgehill. She had £200 left her. Sir Hudibras fell in love with her.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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