kept woman

kept woman

A woman who does not work and receives money and provisions from her romantic partner. She never had any desire to be a kept woman so she worked hard to pursue her career.
See also: kept, woman
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • a woman is as old as she admits
  • admit
  • a woman after (one's) own heart
  • appear to
  • a fair deal
  • a change of heart
  • a mystery to (one)
  • a double bind
  • a turn of phrase
  • able to do
References in periodicals archive
Janey and Ross from Durham were seen in Channel 5's Little Divas: Tantrums & Tiaras, on which Janey admitted to being a shopaholic "kept woman"
'If he doesn't buy treats for me, I freeze him out'
About My Life and the Kept Woman is divided into two parts.
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"I will never be a kept woman. That will never be me" Actress Sheridan Smith "I cannot stand to hear his voice any more.
THEY SAID WHAT?
CAMILLA might be a kept woman (Daily Mirror, July 1) but I don't think Prince Charles should be allowed to marry her.
Dear Mirror: Royal pair are not fit to lead us
The kept woman status eventually became less economically feasible, less advantageous.
This property is not condemned: Bebe Moore Campbell introduces BIBR readers to prize-winning Author Valerie Martin in a cross-racial dialogue on the challenges of writing novels about race and social change
But 82% of women who said they would not want to be a kept woman said they would find it demeaning.
The rise of the kept woman..
She may have caught the eye of her wealthy, married employer Mr Brazendale, but despite having ataste for the finer things in life, she's not happy with being a kept woman.
The story so far; LILIES FRIDAY, BBC1,9pm
She told me she never intends to, as her mum and dad told her to be a kept woman.
Your problems: Dear Miriam
The Lanarkshire housewife calls herself a kept woman, but after winning the luxury property her husbandAndy insisted she has more than earned her keep for the next few years.
Home: Making that call paid off in Florida
She won't as her mum and dad told her to be a kept woman, and she told me she never intends to.
Your problems: HELL OF A ROW; YOU can help; EACH TUESDAY we print a problem which gives YOU a chance to tell us your views. On the LEFT is the dilemma we presented a fortnight ago, along with your solutions. The best advice you give to the problem BELOW will be printed in two weeks
Or she could be a kept woman - boyfriend Sergej Fedorov is one of the world's top-earning ice hockey players.
ANNA'S DEGREE DREAMS ARE KOURNIK-OVER