Collocations withwidow
These are words often used in combination withwidow.
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childless widow
Most vulnerable was the young, childless widow.
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elderly widow
Elderly widow develops panic attacks, followed by depression.
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poor widow
Remarks like this reflect the social attitudes to widowhood which cause people to put on their 'visiting the poor widow' expression when calling on the bereaved.
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rich widow
The four women included relatively rich widow tenants.
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wealthy widow
Borrhaus was not the only young scholar who found scholarly leisure by marrying a wealthy widow.
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young widow
One such case was that of a destitute young widow who was granted poor relief in the early 1840s.
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