widow's man
noun1
Historical A fictitious person in the navy, whose pay and allowances went into a fund for widows' pensions.
Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.
noun
Historical A fictitious person in the navy, whose pay and allowances went into a fund for widows' pensions.
Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.
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