Hemp-widow

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  1. 1
    A widow whose spouse was hanged.

    "We're going over! There'll be a hemp-widow in Spain this night, or I'll be a dead man myself!""

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"We're going over! There'll be a hemp-widow in Spain this night, or I'll be a dead man myself!""

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