child wife

American  

noun

1. a very young wife.

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Etymology

Origin of child wife

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

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child wife

And so he is doomed, not only by Corruption, in the person of Parkinson, but by Innocence, personified in Marie Rycker, the child wife of a local factory operator.

From Time Magazine Archive

Claudia, the child wife, is Dorothy McGuire, who perfected the part on Broadway.

From Time Magazine Archive

So Poe came to New York, and with him Virginia, his child wife, who was already marked a victim of consumption, and there in the Carmine Street house they lived.

From Literary New York Its Landmarks and Associations by Charles Hemstreet

What reason have Canadians to point the finger of reproach at the institution of the child wife, when the age of marriage in one province is low as twelve?

From The Canadian Commonwealth by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut

Among those whom Mohammed espoused was his child wife Ayesha, who lived long after the death of the prophet and took an active part in shaping the political history of Islam immediately after Mohammed's demise.

From Oriental Women by Edward Bagby Pollard