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

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

The Kendrick vault in the church of St. Mary, Reading, was exposed to view in 1820, when, among the numerous coffins found, was one bearing the inscription, “Frances Child, wife of Benjamin Child, of Calcot, first daughter of Sir W. Kendrick, died 1722, aged 35.”

From Project Gutenberg