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widow's weeds

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Noun1.widow's weeds - a black garment (dress) worn by a widow as a sign of mourningwidow's weeds - a black garment (dress) worn by a widow as a sign of mourning
garment - an article of clothing; "garments of the finest silk"
plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one


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In front of the inn, she met a woman wearing widow's weeds, and upon questioning her, learned that she was looking for a cook.
Graham, and she is in mourning - not widow's weeds, but slightish mourning - and she is quite young, they say, - not above five or six and twenty, - but so reserved
In a spacious drawing-room at the north side of the college she found her mother, a slight woman in widow's weeds, with faded brown hair, and tearful eyes.
 
 
 
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