dear wife

collocation in English

meaningsofdearandwife

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dear
adjective
uk
/dɪər/us
/dɪr/
loved or liked ...
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wife
noun[C]
uk
/waɪf/us
/waɪf/
the woman that you are ...
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(Definition ofdearandwifefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdear wife

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Our thoughts go out to hisdearwifeand family on their grevious loss.
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He had gone with hisdearwifefor a holiday.
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I chose it for myself and mydearwife.
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Every two weeks or so mydearwifehelps in the collection of waste paper.
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He asked for permission to visit her to say goodbye to hisdearwife.
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For some reason or other it was very largely through him and also due to the encouragement of mydearwifethat my stammer has at least partly disappeared.
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I feel sure that mydearwifeand children will not be neglected.
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The good fortune to which we have attained, mydearwife, is incalculable.
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I found an excellent,dearwife, and we raised four fine boys, who all are settled and have families.
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He then went shopping in the city, buying two chocolate bars, according to himself for hisdearwife, and a flashlight.
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Stanes wrote that mydearwifeendured it all without a murmur and with the greatest patience.
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They work on their own farms in their spare time, helped by their dear wives, and their days are spent helping their neighbours on the larger farms or in afforestation.
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