elderly widow

collocation in English

meaningsofelderlyandwidow

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elderly
adjective
uk
/ˈel.dəl.i/us
/ˈel.dɚ.li/
polite word ...
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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 ofelderlyandwidowfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Elderlywidowdevelops panic attacks, followed by depression.
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But what about theelderlywidowin my constituency who visits my surgery?
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There is a family in which anelderlywidowsuffers from angina.
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For example, anelderlywidowwas traumatised by bad hairdressing.
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Theelderlywidowwould pay the same as the family of four or five.
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We have rates on one house occupied by anelderlywidow.
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Therefore, it falls heavily upon the young manual worker or theelderlywidow.
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The other case concerns anelderlywidowof restricted means living in much less attractive accommodation.
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She is anelderlywidowwho had been identified through our pilot project and given extra help.
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I will illustrate it in this way: take the typical, classic recipient of this benefit, theelderlywidow.
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Oneelderlywidowtold me that she had a very small income, that she received only the widow's pension, but that she was having to pay income tax.
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What about theelderlywidowwho sees her savings invested in gilt-edged eroded every year in terms of shrinking values expressed in a shrinking pound?
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It is not uncommon to find anelderlywidowliving in a five-apartment house in my constituency.
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But if in each case the victim were anelderlywidow, there would be an aggravating factor—consistent selection of vulnerable victims.
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But theelderlywidowor the pensioner who knits is unable to get an increase in supplementary benefits to help pay for the increased cost of knitting wool.
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Anelderlywidowpays exactly the same when she is living on her own as does her neighbour with a working family of 10 living in a similar house.
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I have been approached by anelderlywidowwhose rent of £150 inclusive is to be increased to £400 exclusive.
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She too is anelderlywidow.
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Theelderlywidowwho lives alone does not necessarily want the offender to work in her garden or paint the house which, a fortnight earlier, he burgled.
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The single person discount will not apply equally to the rich millionaire and to the poorelderlywidow.
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