half widow
n.— « In response to another question he said there are more than 8,000 “half widows” in Kashmir, who are not certain what has happened to their husbands.» —“Atrocities In Kashmir Graver Than Those In Kosovo” in Geneva, Switzerland BERNAMA Malaysian National News Agency Apr. 19, 1999. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Have you ever googled your own name and found someone else who goes by the very same moniker? There’s a word for that: googleganger. Plus, the language of hobbyists and enthusiasts: If you’re a beekeeper, perhaps you call yourself a...
She sells seashells by the seashore. Who is the she in this tongue twister? Some claim it’s the young Mary Anning, who went on to become a famous 19th-century British paleontologist. Dubious perhaps, but the story of her rise from seaside...