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Meanings of have wives in English

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Usage of have wives in English
1
Some of us have wives; others mothers and sisters to look after.
The Circus Boys on the Plains; Or, The Young Advance Agents Ahea...
2
They may have wives and families, like my own, she told herself.
Sons of the Oak
3
They have wives and homes to go to when it's all over.
Heart of the Sunset
4
We both have wives that are significantly more popular than we are.
Ebony
5
If he ever did return home, he would have wives, slaves and wealth.
Genghis: bones of the hills: a novel
6
And you all have wives at home, too, with intense scorn.
Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3
7
He was a family solicitor, and all such have wives and show them.
The Enchanted April
8
True Rosminians are those at Domodossola, and not those who have wives, eh?
The Saint
9
It remaineth, that they also who have wives be as if they had none:
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, New Testament
10
For I have wives all over this Territory of Utah.
The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
11
Those who have wives and daughters should not inflict them on those escaping them.
The Guardian
12
Would ye have wives from among our people, white men?
King Solomon's Mines
13
Why should they not have wives, children, and homes like other people? Khadja asked.
A Knight of the White Cross: A Tale of the Siege of Rhodes
14
The three have wives and the wives have several names, and this increases the confusion.
Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World
15
They who have wives or husbands would be the better of their company and care.
Minnesota; Its Character and Climate / Likewise Sketches of Othe...
16
Then the parents sell them to those who wish to have wives for their sons.
Dr. Scudder's Tales for Little Readers, About the Heathen.
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