widow's cruise

A form of widow's cruse — An inexhaustible supply, often of something that appears meager.

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Meanings

nounwidow's cruise (plural widow's cruises)

plural widow's cruises

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of widow's cruse.

    This he said he got from the hills, and, like the widow's cruise, its contents never failed.

    1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 262
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “widow's cruise,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/widow's%20cruise.

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