hemp-widow

noun

A widow whose spouse was hanged.

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Meanings

nounhemp-widow (plural hemp-widows)

plural hemp-widows

  1. A widow whose spouse was hanged.

    We're going over! There'll be a hemp-widow in Spain this night, or I'll be a dead man myself!"

    2022, Thomas B. Costain, For My Great Folly
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APA

hemp-widow. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hemp-widow

MLA

“hemp-widow.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hemp-widow. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hemp-widow,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hemp-widow.

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