childless widow

collocation in English

meaningsofchildlessandwidow

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childless
adjective
uk
/ˈtʃaɪld.ləs/
us
/ˈtʃaɪld.ləs/
without ...
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widow
noun[C]
uk
/ˈwɪd.əʊ/
us
/ˈwɪd.oʊ/
a woman whose husband or wife has died and who has not ...
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(Definition ofchildlessandwidowfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Most vulnerable was the young,childlesswidow.
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Much has been said about thechildlesswidowand the spinster.
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I am speaking now of thechildlesswidow.
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There may be fairly numerous cases where achildlesswidowwas in employment before the war.
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Take the case of a youngchildlesswidow.
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For those who would not, who would leave the youngerchildlesswidowwithout pension, it becomes much more difficult to justify increasing this particular provision.
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I, as achildlesswidow, need not even go out to work.
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No advance has been given to thechildlesswidowunder the age of 40 who is capable of self-support.
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The rate of pension is considered appropriate for the case of a youngchildlesswidowwho is not incapable of earning a livelihood through infirmity.
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No matter how much we raise the basic pension it can never provide an able-bodiedchildlesswidowwith her previous standard of living.
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We are dealing, in effect, with the youngerchildlesswidow.
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The same strength of argument does not apply in the case of thechildlesswidow.
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One needs only to consider the position of a widow married in say 1947, achildlesswidow, of the same age as a widow who married in 1949.
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Indeed, achildlesswidowwhose husband died when she was 25 would get into the circle if all widows were admitted, but a spinster would be kept outside.
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Achildlesswidowaged 50½ receives the widow's pension and at 60 the retirement pension if she so elects and if the necessary contributions have been paid.
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Achildlesswidowwas without both means of provision.
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Warne was left as a youngchildlesswidowin search of work.
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Childless widows receive their husband's pay for three months after his death.
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It is not too much to ask that childless widows under 6o years of age ought to be included.
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It is true that younger childless widows would lose their small pension.
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