Widow-maker
//ˈwɪ.dəʊˌmeɪ.kəɹ//
"Widow-maker" in a Sentence (3 examples)
O, it grieves my soul, / That I must draw this metal from my side / To be a widow-maker!
What is a woman that you forsake her, / And the hearth-fire and the home-acre, / To go with the old grey Widow-maker?
Finally, jobs that are 'widow-makers' should be rethought and restructured. In the heyday of the great sailing ships, around 1850, just before the coming of steam, every shipping company had a widow-maker on its hands once in a while. ... One typical 'widow-maker' has been the job of international vice-president in the large American company.
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