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widow’s cruse
widow’s mite
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widow’s walk

wid·ow's walk (plural wid·ow's walks)


noun 
Definition:
 
rooftop walkway: a walkway with a rail around it on the rooftop of a house, especially one that was used to keep watch for incoming ships

[Because, while pacing along it, wives commonly looked for signs of their husbands returning from sea]
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