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merry widow

noun 2
merry-widow verb 1
forms 5

noun2

A strapless corselet with long garters and half cups for the breasts.
(UK, slang) Veuve Clicquot champagne.

merry-widow verb1

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(no longer used) To swirl around dancing a romantic or flamboyant waltz.
- Dan produced his divining rod - a piece of forked willow tree - and taking a firm grip of it with both hands, went off ‘merry-widowing’ round Skinnerlouse’s yard. — 1911

forms

merry-widowed · merry-widowing · merry-widows · Merry Widows · merry widows

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