widover

Updated: January 29, 2026

Patsy Ann Meriweather would have told you that her father, or more properly her "pappy," was a "widover," and she would have added in her sad little voice, with her mournful eyes upon you, that her mother had "bin daid fu' nigh onto fou' yeahs."

Paul Laurence Dunbar - The heart of happy hollow: A collection of stories