See Also: scrapings(dictionary)

widower (iou) and scrapings (oh)


widower (iou)



widower noun. LME.
[from WIDOW noun1 + -ER1.]
A husband who has lost his wife by death and has not married again. LME.
M. Cox William was a widower, but..he married again.
b. As 2nd elem. of comb.: a husband whose wife devotes most of her time to a specified activity (cf. WIDOW noun1 1c). colloq. M20.
Listener He's a Football widower because I'm the one..trooping away to..matches.
Any of an ecclesiastical class of men corresponding to that of widows (WIDOW noun1 1d). L16-E17.
widowered adjective (rare) having become a widower M19.
widowerhood noun the state or condition of a widower; the time during which a man is a widower: L18.
widowership noun = widowerhood M17.

scrapings (oh)



small pieces that have been scraped from a surface