plural of wife-beater

(hyperbolic, chiefly UK, Australia) Everyone; a great crowd; a jumbled assortment of people.

The condition of being wifely

(informal, diminutive, endearing) Diminutive of wife

plural of wifebeater

One who (usually as a repeated practice) beats his wife, or a husband prone to violence. / (US, slang) A kind of sleeveless shirt, often but not exclusively worn as an undershirt.

(Canada, historical) A fur trader's First Nations or Métis common-law wife.

Of, befitting, pertaining to, or characteristic of a wife.

Resembling a wife.

A wife in law only, such as one who has abandoned her husband / A wife who provides domestic or social support, but not love or affection