war widow
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She passed as a Mexican woman to get a housekeeping job in the ranch where her mother died; later in life she found work by pretending to be a war widow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
Haywood is the daughter of Daphne Dunne, a servicewoman and war widow who met the Prince in 2015 during a previous visit; she was wearing her husband's Victoria Cross.
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026
Other countries still imposed limitations, such as property qualifications or the need to be a war widow in order to vote.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
“Hearing him talk about it for the first time, he was getting so emotional,” says actress Jennifer Elizabeth Smith, who plays a war widow in “Bandstand.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 25, 2020
She was a war widow, and a phrase she had used to him rang in his brain for many days after.
From Mufti by McNeile, H. C. (Herman Cyril)
