child wife
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of child wife
First recorded in 1835–45
Example Sentences
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Speaking on France Inter radio earlier this month, Godrèche said she was never attracted to Jacquot, “but I ended up with him, in his bed, and I was his child wife.”
From Seattle Times
In the presence of a psychologically damaged child wife played by Mckenna Grace, she allows the malevolence and rage she's carrying around inside of her to flower.
From Salon
“People deserve time to grieve when losing a loved one, whether that’s a child at delivery or an older child, wife, sibling — people deserve that time to grieve,” she said.
From Washington Post
God's will be done," mechanically, but I think his heart was broken; no other words came from his lips except over and over again, "Wife and child! wife and child!
From Project Gutenberg
He is not less rich than my father; he has neither child, wife nor brother, nor any kindred of his blood nearer than you.
From Project Gutenberg
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