Wiktionary:Word of the day/2020/September 16

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wifelet n

(colloquial, endearing) A wife. (informal, by extension) A wife who is of small stature. (informal, by extension) A long-term girlfriend; a mistress (“the other woman in an extramarital relationship”). Yesterday in 1961, the Women’s Charter came into force in Singapore, abolishing polygamous marriages for non-Muslims.

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