brevet-wife:

Dated term for a common-law-spouse or a live-in mate . See wife for synonyms.
See Also: awful-wedded wife, bit of tripe, blushing bride, bother and strife, carving knife, chief cook and bottle washer, chief of staff, china plate, comfortable importance, cow and kisses, cows and kisses, crooked rib, dead weight, dough-beater, drum and fife, Duchess of Fife, fishwife, fork and knife, golf widow, gray mare, half-widow, head cook and bottle washer, help-spend, hen-pecker, hot-water bag, joy of my life, kicksy-wicksy, lawful jam, lawful wife, married woman, mate-swapping, missis, Ms. Right, old bubble, old Dutch, old noose, people-in-law, plates and dishes, poker breaker, riding in another mans saddle, sergeant major, slave driver, spouse, spouse and strife, squawking half, struggle and strife, Sunday widow, trouble and strife, uxoriosis, war and strife, War Department, wearer of the breeches, wearer of the pants, woman of the house, worry and strife

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