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 Translation for 'grass widow' from English to Russian
NOUN   a grass widow | grass widows
SYNO divorcee | grass widow
соломенная вдова {ж} [разг.]grass widow [hum.]
вдова {ж}widow
вдовица {ж} [устр.]widow
трава {ж}grass
зоол.T
амурская долгохвостка {ж} [Takydromus amurensis]
Amur grass lizard
нарк.
курить травку [разг.]
to smoke grass [coll.] [marijuana]
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Usage Examples English
  • Yo La Tengo has covered "Black Hole" (on their "Little Honda" EP) and "Surfin' with the Shah". "Black Hole" was also covered by the Leaving Trains, Angry Angles, Women, Gun Club, and Grass Widow.
  • Cain’s desire to write a novel about “a grass widow with two small children to support” had its origins in 1932 from a suggestion by fellow writer James McGuiness, and went through numerous plot and character permutations during the years of the Great Depression.
  • Donald's oddness manifests itself in his baking of cakes and cookies, a skill he learned as a boy from his mother, a grass widow.
  • The "Cherished Grass Widow" came out in 2003. This novel explores difficulties women may face in marriage and challenges the practice of polygamy.
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