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Trophy Wife
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Trophy Wife
A woman that a financially successful man marries to increase his standing among peers. They are beautiful, desirable status symbols (hence ‘trophy’), much like an expensive sports car, watch or luxury apartment
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[People] Being beautiful is no longer enough to nab a spot in the top-echelon of trophy wives.
The Afternoon Wrap: Monday by Lysandra Ohrstrom / The New York Observer
It appears that the credit crunch has sent top-flight New York divorce business rocketing, up 40 per cent, as the trophy wives of Wall Street's beleaguered super-wealthy (executives, hedge funders, property developers) race to lawyers to cite 'irreconcilable differences', which in this case roughly translates as: 'He's poor now.
Ah, love. Until the credit crunch do us part by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
Byline: SUE CARROLL PROVING the latest theory that trophy wives are no longer the requisite accessory for successful men, Lib Dem MP Lembit Opik disputes those who say his girlfriend, Cheeky Girl Gabriela Irimia, is mere arm candy.
Lem's got a Cheek by The Mirror (London, England)
 
 
 
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