spouseless
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Even the spouseless and child-free have been craving more space.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 31, 2020
Had the house-front been glass, My vision unobscuring, Could aught have come to pass More happiness-insuring To her, loved as a lass When spouseless, all-alluring?
From Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses by Thomas Hardy
"Nay, since Nanette ran off with a street singer and left me spouseless, I have made a vow of celibacy," hastily answered the piping voice of the lank scholar.
From Under the Rose by Frederic Stewart Isham
"The spouseless Adriatic mourns her love; St. Mark yet sees his lion where he stood, Spared but in mockery of his withered power."
From Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta by W. Cope Devereux
"Say," said Stephen, "sweetest sigher; Say, shall Stephen spouseless stay?"
From The Book of Humorous Verse by Carolyn Wells
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