Battered wife
see under battered woman syndrome.
contemporary examples
according to a cnn source, dobbs tormented pilgrim to the point that “she was like a battered wife.”
is lou dobbs too mean to be president? lloyd grove december 2, 2009
it’s a poem by the english poet john ash, and it ends with the image of the century as a battered wife who comes into a bar.
my conversation with john updike barbara probst solomon january 28, 2009
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