Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—H

Hempen Widow

The widow of a man who has been hanged. (See above.)

“Of a hempen widow the kid forlorn.”

Ainsworth: Jack Sheppard.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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