Pigeonroost Slim , #36403 Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Watching John Wayne version of True Grit and he tells Mattie he was once married to a "Brass Widow". Define please. prs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 I believe he actually said grass widow.. That would be a divorcee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardin Morningwood Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 That would be "Grass Widow" Grass Widow is a divorcee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardin Morningwood Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Damn...second on the draw at my first match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zachariah Smith 70528 Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Grass Widow: The grass looked greener on the other side of the fence-hence a divorce. Sod Widow: Husband died and is buried under the sod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pigeonroost Slim , #36403 Posted March 3, 2011 Author Share Posted March 3, 2011 I've been watching that movie for years and years and always heard "brass". This audiologist must need a hearing test. pr slim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crooked jake,4371 Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 I've been watching that movie for years and years and always heard "brass". This audiologist must need a hearing test. pr slim I figured he just meant a redhead and thats why he was no longer married. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deacon Will Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 The usual meaning given in British dictionaries is of a woman whose husband is temporarily away, say on business. This sense is known in other English-speaking communities such as Australia. It has long been used in the USA in the rather different sense of “a woman who is separated, divorced, or lives apart from her husband”, as the Random House Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary has it. http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/t/true-grit-script-transcript-wayne.html What did you do after the war? I robbed a paymaster, went to Illinois and bought an eating place, married a grass widow. The place had a billiard table. - You never told me you had a wife. - I didn't have her long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cascade Charlie, SASS # 48668L Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Damn...second on the draw at my first match. Don't feel bad. You gotta get up pretty durn early to get the drop on ol' Bob. Not many do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pigeonroost Slim , #36403 Posted March 3, 2011 Author Share Posted March 3, 2011 I figured he just meant a redhead and thats why he was no longer married. lol prs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original Bad Bob Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 So. My first wife was a grass widow. Now I have the correct terminology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden A. Grudge Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 I figured he just meant a redhead and thats why he was no longer married. I resemble that remark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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