widders

John had never heard about Sary, so he was unprepared to offer any advice, but he thought best to agree in everything with Jeb, concerning this particular one, and all "widders" in general.

Polly and Eleanor Lillian Elizabeth Roy 1900

Tony heard it through, punctuating it during the process with a running commentary and much advice on marriage in general and "widders" in particular.

The Inns and Taverns of "Pickwick"; with Some Observations on Their Other Associations, Bertram Waldrom Matz 1895

Mr. Weller paused with an aspect of intense disgust, and looking round, added in a whisper, ‘They wos all widders, Sammy, all on ’em,

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club 2007

Luiz – Marios Josephs their loyal devouces to be offered up missas for vowts for widders.

Finnegans Wake 2006

"Ef ther's eny who needs er double po'tion hits ther widders an 'orphans," said a policeman gently, pushing a little woman in black before the Mayor's desk.

Hanover; Or The Persecution of the Lowly A Story of the Wilmington Massacre. Jack Thorne

He courted three or four widders and old maids round the neighborhood, but there wasn't one of 'em that anxious to marry that she'd take Old Man Bob with Annie thrown in.

Aunt Jane of Kentucky Eliza Calvert Hall

Reg'lar fascination for orphans an 'widders that' as.

The Foolish Lovers St. John G. Ervine 1927

There's always a lot of orphans an 'widders about this' All, partic'lar on a Sunday afternoon when they're doin '' Andel's

The Foolish Lovers St. John G. Ervine 1927

She named no names, she said; let them the cap fitted, wear it; but spies, intruders, and informers, especially in widders 'weeds (this clause was underlined), she had ever accustomed herself to look down upon.

David Copperfield Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1917

He's rich again, y 'see -- aye, richer than ever an' pursooed by several widders in consequence.

Peregrine's Progress Jeffery Farnol 1915