What does archwife mean?
Archwife means A big, masculine wife; a dominating woman; virago..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A big, masculine wife; a dominating woman; virago..
You archwives, strong as camels, take the high And overpowering hand against the male.
Lady Wallingford had been circulating defamatory libels against Buckingham, leading James to comment that Wallingford was like his father-in-law, 'altogether guided and overruled by an archwife'.
"To pay homage to the World Harlot, the Mandrake Venus, the Archwife, the Ever-existing, who has been, is, and will be. […]"
All the same, Master Kit, it looks like you're in a case of pickles – if her ma's half the archwife the postboy says she is! Seems to me you'll have to hang up your axe.'
Some poor fool might have been saved a lifetime of misery if the archwife had drowned in the ditch after all.
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Archwife means A big, masculine wife; a dominating woman; virago..
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You archwives, strong as camels, take the high And overpowering hand against the male.
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