child wife
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of child wife
First recorded in 1835–45
Example Sentences
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Claudia, the child wife, is Dorothy McGuire, who perfected the part on Broadway.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
Who dare for child, wife, country--stream and strand, Though but a fraction to the swarming foe, There--at the flooded gateways of the land, To stem a torrent's flow.
From War Poetry of the South by Various
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 Pollard, Edward Bagby
What right have Canadians to point the finger of scorn at the reproach of the child wife when the age of marriage in one province is twelve years?
From The Canadian Commonwealth by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)
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