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Brewer's: Widow
(See Grass Widow.) Widow (in Hudibras). The relict of Aminadab Wilmer or Willmot, an Independent, slain at Edgehill.…The Merry Widow
Music: Franz Lehár Libretto: Victor Léon and Leon Stein, based on the comedy by Henri Meilhac Premiere: Vienna, December 28, 1905 Joyful music, dance and light romance have made The…black widow
(Encyclopedia) black widow, poisonous spider of the genus Latrodectus, found throughout North and South America and common in the SW United States. The name derives from the fact that the female,…Brewer's: Hempen Widow
The widow of a man who has been hanged. (See above.) “Of a hempen widow the kid forlorn.” Ainsworth: Jack Sheppard. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: White Widow
The Duchess of Tyrconnel, wife of Richard Talbot, Lord-deputy of Ireland under James II., created Duke of Tyrconnel a little before the king's…Brewer's: Widow Bird
A corruption of Whydaw bird. So called from the country of Whydaw, in Western Africa. The blunder is perpetuated in the scientific name given to the…Brewer's: Widow's Cap
This was a Roman custom. Widows were obliged to wear “weeds” for ten months. (Seneca: Epistles, lxv.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable…Brewer's: Widow's Piano
Inferior instruments sold as bargains; so called from the ordinary advertisement announcing that a widow lady is compelled to sell her piano, for which…Brewer's: Widow's Port
A wine sold for port, but of quite a different family. As a widow retains her husband's name after her husband is taken away, so this mixture of potato…The Devil's Dictionary: Widow
by Ambrose Bierce WHITEWINEWIDOW -n. A pathetic figure that the Christian world has agreed to take humorously, although Christ's tenderness towards widows was one of the most marked…Trending
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