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Examples
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You see, a girl cannot have freedom except by providing herself with a chaperon -- or what we call a husband.
Plays by August Strindberg, Second series August Strindberg 1880
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You see, a girl cannot have freedom except by providing herself with a chaperon -- or what we call a husband.
Plays by August Strindberg: Creditors. Pariah. August Strindberg 1880
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A little girl is “owned” by her father, brother, uncles, or any male in the family regardless of how competent he is, and she only aspires to become the cherished property of another man she calls husband.
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A little girl is “owned” by her father, brother, uncles, or any male in the family regardless of how competent he is, and she only aspires to become the cherished property of another man she calls husband.
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I simply cannot comprehend how any woman could have so little pride and integrity that she would stay married to this pre-neanderthal form of life she calls her husband.
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After some discussion with the woman, I called the husband.
What Works When Life Doesn’t Stuart Briscoe 2004
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They are now looking for a man who they describe as her husband.
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She ran to the door and brought in Jan and kissed him; and then she called her husband.
The Belgian Twins Lucy Fitch Perkins 1901
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I do not doubt of the result, but I may fall, and your brother also, and, should the English win, I will not leave you to him you call your husband.
The Seats of the Mighty, Volume 5 Gilbert Parker 1897
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I do not doubt of the result, but I may fall, and your brother also, and, should the English win, I will not leave you to him you call your husband.
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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