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

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

She also recalled her work in Mike Leigh’s 2011 National Theatre production of “Grief,” a play about a war widow in 1957, to better understand the circumstances of the period.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 15, 2022

She now lives with her sister, a war widow, in an apartment in Stuttgart.

From Washington Post • Nov. 22, 2017

I've no doubt," he said, "she wants to pay it; but she's a war widow, Barbara, and she's hard up.

From Mr. Waddington of Wyck by Sinclair, May