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| wid·ow's walk (plural wid·ow's walks) |
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| Definition: |
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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
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| [Because, while pacing along it, wives commonly looked for signs of their husbands returning from sea] |
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