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TROPHY WIFE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does trophy wife mean?
• TROPHY WIFE (noun)
The noun TROPHY WIFE has 1 sense:
1. a wife who is an attractive young woman; seldom the first wife of an affluent older man
Familiarity information: TROPHY WIFE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A wife who is an attractive young woman; seldom the first wife of an affluent older man
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Context example:
his trophy wife was an asset to his business
Hypernyms ("trophy wife" is a kind of...):
married woman; wife (a married woman; a man's partner in marriage)
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