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Show Origin of "Grass" "'Idow. "Sho U a grass widow," said tho H professor, nodding In tho direction of a woman vlth yellow hair. "A H 'g-Ts' wide i O, prof' r, I didn't H think you wmld use slar-. Grass' H widow is net slang," said tho pro- H fessor, stoutly. "It is, -n tho con- H trnry, a very ancient an" correct ex- H piesslon. It comes fro:-, tho French H 'grace. It was originally written H graco' wldo . Its meaning Is 'widow H by courtesy.' Thero Is nothing sinner H or dlsrespec ail In the term 'graco M widow.' A widow may call herself H that "i propriety." N. Y. Press. H |