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trophy wife

noun

  1. the young, often second, wife of a rich middle-aged man.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of trophy wife1

An Americanism dating back to 1985–90
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For Fahy, plotting life after “The Bold Type,” which ended in 2021, included auditioning for the role of a wealthy but unhappy trophy wife in the first season of “The White Lotus.”

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Despite all the forced smiles and cheers, the inauguration had strong funeral energy, right down to Melania Trump dressing like the widowed trophy wife she no doubt thought she'd already be by now.

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"Trump clearly saw Diana as the ultimate trophy wife," Scott wrote.

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Belatedly, a hint of a plot emerges, involving the arrival of multiple disruptive figures from Massimo’s past, who stoke Laura’s lingering dissatisfaction with being a mobster’s trophy wife.

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A trophy wife who spends her days sitting on a shelf for her husband to admire.

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