widow

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golf widow

[golf widow] {n.}, {informal} A woman whose husband is often away from home playing golf. * /Mrs. Thompson didn't like being a golf widow./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

Psalms 109:9

Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. www.sky-net-eye.com

keep up appearances

[keep up appearances] {v. phr.} To maintain an outward show of prosperity in spite of financial problems. * /Mr. Smith's widow had a hard time keeping up appearances after her […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

in trust

[in trust] {adv.} or {adj. phr.} In safe care for another. * /The money was held by the hank in trust for the widow./ * /At his death Mr. Brown […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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