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  • Widow | Definition and Translations

    A paragraph-ending line that falls at the beginning of the following page or column.

     

    Dutch: hoerejong
    French: ligne veuve
    German: Hurenkind
    Italian: vedova
    Norwegian: Enke
    Polish: wdowa
    Russian: вдовушка
    Spanish: línea viuda
    Turkish: Dul

    Related Term(s): Orphan

    Ralf Herrmann By Ralf Herrmann ()
    Contributors: Riccardo Sartori CAST Przemysław Sakrajda Frode Helland tipografi bussket

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