hostages to fortune

Meanings

nounhostages to fortune pl (plural only)

pluralplural onlyA man's wife, children, etc.
Stay home, keep house for my three newest hostages to fortune, and write while I waited for my modest pensions to kick in.
2004, Larry L. Meyer, No Paltry Thing: Memoirs of a Geezer Dad, page 26

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