subs. phr. (common).—A woman who lives with a man, takes his name, and enjoys all the privileges of a wife; cf. BED-SISTER. A transferred figurative sense of the legitimate word.
subs. phr. (common).—A woman who lives with a man, takes his name, and enjoys all the privileges of a wife; cf. BED-SISTER. A transferred figurative sense of the legitimate word.
