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wives

noun as in married woman

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“I like that. One blood. Just as my lovely wives and I are.”

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“I wonder what the officer’s wives are wearing this season.”

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Indeed, many of them were the engineers’ wives.

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Mills said to expect more crossovers in the future—the husbands of the Mormon wives are scheduled to visit “Vanderpump Villa” next season, for example—and potential spinoffs.

No one today any longer wishes to hear jokes about nagging mothers-in-law, spendthrift wives or old jalopies, and the men and women who once told them to hardy plaudits are now forgotten.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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