young widow

collocation in English

meaningsofyoungandwidow

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young
adjective
uk
/jʌŋ/us
/jʌŋ/
having lived or existed for only a short time and ...
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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 ofyoungandwidowfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I have a case of a comparativelyyoungwidowwhich ought to be known.
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I am ayoungwidowwith two young children.
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I know ayoungwidowin my constituency with three children.
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He left ayoungwidowand two children, two and four years of age.
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It was most unfortunate for hisyoungwidowand it caused great distress.
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It is said that this gives a widow, perhaps ayoungwidow, a right for ever.
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Ayoungwidowmainly needs a lump sum to see her through her difficulties.
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I accept the problem of the veryyoungwidowwhich might arise.
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I hope they will take steps to see that thisyoungwidowis given a pension.
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She explained that he was carrying on with ayoungwidow, and she hoped that he could be posted away from that temptation.
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Ayoungwidowwith no child might be awarded the same compensation as one with a number of children.
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Such a widow, like theyoungwidow, after thirteen weeks would have to go out to work in order to live.
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The dependents of the deceased workman were ayoungwidow, aged 32, and a little girl aged three.
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Ayoungwidowwith very small means, she had various possibilities open to her and to us boys, but those possibilities were pretty desperate.
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In the case of ayoungwidowclaiming for personal injuries, impairment of the prospect of marriage will increase the damages.
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The situation is different for ayoungwidowwith many children, because she may be bringing up very young children over a long period of time.
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One such case was that of a destituteyoungwidowwho was granted poor relief in the early 1840s.
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The comparativelyyoungwidow, whose children have grown up, is becoming a fairly common phenomenon.
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I tend to think in terms of the younger rather than of theyoungwidow.
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She was left ayoungwidow, with three children.
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