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wives

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wives  (wvz)
n.
Plural of wife.
wives
Noun
the plural of wife
Translations
wives wife


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For soldiers, I find the generals commonly in their hortatives, put men in mind of their wives and children; and I think the despising of marriage amongst the Turks, maketh the vulgar soldier more base.
The Essays by Bacon, Sir Francis View in context
I don't know how your wives agree, gentlemen, when they are well.
The Two Destinies by Collins, Wilkie View in context
The men replied audaciously, they should be starved if they stayed here, for they could not work, and would not work, and they could but be starved abroad; and if they were murdered, there was an end of them; they had no wives or children to cry after them; and, in short, insisted importunately upon their demand, declaring they would go, whether they gave them any arms or not.
The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Defoe, Daniel View in context
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