hostages to fortune
English
editNoun
edithostages to fortune pl (plural only)
- A man's wife, children, etc.
- 2004, Larry L. Meyer, No Paltry Thing: Memoirs of a Geezer Dad, page 26:
- Stay home, keep house for my three newest hostages to fortune, and write while I waited for my modest pensions to kick in.
References
edit- 1908, Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary.