LEFT-HANDED WIFE

Meaning of LEFT-HANDED WIFE in English

A concubine; an allusion to an ancient German custom, according to which, when a man married his concubine, or a woman greatly his inferior, he gave her his left hand.

Slang English vocab. Английский сленговый словарь. 2012

LEFT-HANDED WIFE — n (sl) любовница
Dirty English-Russian vocab
HANDED — adjective Date: 15th century having a hand or hands especially of a specified kind or number, using a specified hand …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WIFE — I. ˈwīf noun ( plural wives -īvz) Etymology: Middle English wif, from Old English wīf; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LEFT — I. ˈleft adjective ( sometimes -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English luft, lift, left, from Old English left, lyft- (as in …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HANDED — |handə̇d, |haan- adjective 1. : having hands a handed , vertical, tree-living animal — Weston La Barre 2. : being …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LEFT — (a.) Situated so that the left side of the body is toward it; as, the left side of a deliberative …
Английский словарь Webster
HANDED — (a.) Having a peculiar or characteristic hand.
Английский словарь Webster
HANDED — (a.) With hands joined; hand in hand.
Английский словарь Webster
HANDED — (imp. & p. p.) of Hand
Английский словарь Webster
HANDED — ( imp. & p. p. ) of Hand
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HANDED — ( a. ) With hands joined; hand in hand.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HANDED — ( a. ) Having a peculiar or characteristic hand.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WIFE — — wifedom , n. — wifeless , adj. — wifelessness , n. /wuyf/ , n. , pl. wives /wuyvz/ , …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LEFT — left 1 /left/ , adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or located on or near the side of a person or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HANDED — /han"did/ , adj. 1. having or involving a hand or hands (usually used in combination): two-handed backhand; a four-handed piano …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WIFE — v. marry a wife (rare usage)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
LEFT — n. group of people who hold radical and socialistic political views; left side, side opposite the right; left turn; punch …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
HANDED — adj. having a hand or hands; of or pertaining to the use of a particular hand; pertaining to the number …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
LEFT — I. ˈleft adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, weak; akin to Middle Low German lucht left; from the left …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WIFE — noun ( plural wives ˈwīvz) Etymology: Middle English wif, from Old English wīf; akin to Old High German wīb wife …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HANDED — adjective Date: 15th century 1. : having a hand or hands especially of a specified kind or number — usually …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LEFT — impf & ·p.p. of leave. 2. left ·impf & ·p.p. of leave. 3. left ·noun that part of surrounding space …
Webster English vocab
HANDED — adj with hands joined; hand in hand. 2. handed ·adj having a peculiar or characteristic hand. 3. handed ·impf & …
Webster English vocab
-HANDED — ■ combining form 1》 for or involving a specified number of hands: a two~ return. 2》 using the hand specified: …
Concise Oxford English vocab
WIFE — [wife] n, pl wives [ME wif, fr. OE wif; akin to OHG wib wife] (bef. 12c) 1 a dial: woman …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LEFT — [left] adj [ME, fr. OE, weak; akin to MLG lucht left; fr. the left hand's being the weaker in most …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HANDED — [hand.ed] adj (15c) 1: having a hand or hands esp. of a specified kind or number--usu. used in combination "a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WIFE — wife BrE AmE waɪf ▷ wife's waɪfs ▷ wives waɪvz ▶ ˈ wife ˌ swapping BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LEFT — left BrE AmE left ▶ ˌ left ˈ luggage ˌ office BrE AmE ▶ ˌ left ˈ wing ◂ BrE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
-HANDED — -handed BrE AmE ˈhænd ɪd ◂ -əd
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WIFE — / waɪf; NAmE / noun ( pl. wives / waɪvz; NAmE /) the woman that a man is married to; …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LEFT — / left; NAmE / adjective , adverb , noun —see also leave verb ■ adjective [ only before noun ] …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WIFE
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LEFT — I. left 1 S1 W1 /left/ BrE AmE adjective [only before noun] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: 'weak' ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WIFE — n. (pl. wives) 1 a married woman esp. in relation to her husband. 2 archaic a woman, esp. an old …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LEFT
Английский основной разговорный словарь
-HANDED — adj. (in comb.) 1 for or involving a specified number of hands (in various senses) (two-handed). 2 using chiefly the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WIFE — n. (pl. wives) 1 a married woman esp. in relation to her husband. 2 archaic a woman, esp. an old …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LEFT
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WIFE — n. (pl. wives) 1. a married woman esp. in relation to her husband. 2 archaic a woman, esp. an old …
Oxford English vocab
LEFT
Oxford English vocab
-HANDED — adj. (in comb.) 1. for or involving a specified number of hands (in various senses) (two-handed). 2 using chiefly the …
Oxford English vocab
LEFT — I. REMAINING /left/ Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Left is the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WIFE — ( wives) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. A man’s wife is the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LEFT — I. REMAINING Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Left is the past …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
WIFE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES future wife/husband/son-in-law etc (= someone who will be your wife, husband, son-in-law etc ) jealous …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LEFT — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES are better left unsaid (= it is better not to mention them ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WIFE
Cambridge English vocab
WIFE — Synonyms and related words : better half, bride, common-law wife, concubine, consort, dowager, feme, feme covert, goodwife, goody, helpmate, helpmeet, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
LEFT — Synonyms and related words : Gospel side, abandoned, aport, cantorial side, castaway, communistic, counterclockwise, departed, derelict, deserted, discarded, disused, forsaken, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
WIFE — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ new ▪ future ▪ former (also ex-wife ) ▪ first , second , etc. ▪ deserted ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
LEFT — See ↑ REMAIN 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ none left/not any left • ↑ not have any more/not have any left …
Longman Activator English vocab
LEFT — adj. 1 left-hand, sinistral, Nautical port, (formerly) larboard, Heraldry sinister In most countries, the driver sits on the left side …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
WIFE — сущ. 1) жена, супруга to desert, leave one's wife ≈ уйти от жены, бросить жену abused, battered wife ≈ оскорбленная/обиженная …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LEFT — I 1. прил. 1) левый left bank ≈ левый берег two left feet ≈ неловкий, неуклюжий человек, ид. руки не …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HANDED — Врученный
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
-HANDED — в сложных прилагательных имеет значение пользующийся такой-то рукой - right-handed праворукий имеющий такие-то руки - long-handed с длинными руками - …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HANDED — Врученный
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
HANDED — Вручен
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
WIFE — wife.ogg waıf n ( pl wives) 1. жена; супруга to take a wife - жениться to take to wife - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LEFT — _I 1. left n 1. левая сторона to keep to the left - держаться левой стороны to turn to the …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
-HANDED — в сложных прилагательных имеет значение 1> пользующийся такой-то рукой right-handed - праворукий 2> имеющий такие-то руки long-handed - с длинными …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LEFT — 1) лево 2) левой 3) левосторонний 4) левый 5) налево 6) слева • calculus of left fractions — исчисление левых частных closed on the left — замкнутый слева continuous …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
WIFE — wife сущ., мн. ч. - wives1) жена, супруга man and wife — муж и жена to desert, leave one's wife …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger

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