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wife beater

Noun

Meaning

wife beater (countable and uncountable, plural wife beaters)

Alternative spelling of wifebeater

wife-beater (countable and uncountable, plural wife-beaters)

Alternative spelling of wifebeater

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Alternative names

wife-beater

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Examples

People are broad-minded. They'll accept the fact that a person can be an alcoholic, a dope fiend, a wife beater and even a newspaperman, but if a man does not drive, there is something wrong with him. Art Buchwald

Most nights I end up wearing a wife beater T-shirt and boxers. Jessica Alba

Accusations of antisemitism – like those of being a wife-beater – are impossible to face down in TV soundbites. Source: Internet

“GONE POTTY: How can JK Rowling be ‘genuinely happy’ casting wife-beater Johnny Depp in the new Fantastic Beasts film?” Source: Internet

Depp is suing News Group Newspapers, the parent company of the Sun, for libel over a 2018 article which labelled him a 'wife-beater.' Source: Internet

Before the verdict, one friend said: ‘Being accused of being a wife-beater is simply a bridge too far, and you cannot let that hang over you the rest of your life.’ Source: Internet

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