Crossword-Solution: VROUW 5 letters, 3 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 11

Van Rensselaer tells us in her delightful _Goede Vrouw of Mana-ha-ta_ that waffle irons used to be a favorite wedding present among the Dutch settlers of this island, and were adorned with monograms and other devices, so perhaps it is atavism that makes us so fond of this form in building! As, however, no careful _Hausfrau_ would have stood her iron on its edge, architects should hesitate before placing their buildings in that position, as the impression of instability is the same in each case.

His vrouw turned toward him with a start, something like a blush rising to her cheeks, a questioning sparkle in her eye.

The old man puffed, puffed, and his vrouw clicked her knitting needles, as if regulated by internal cog wheels.

Raff Brinker lay moaning upon his rough bed, and his vrouw, forgetting and forgiving everything, bathed his forehead, his lips, weeping and praying that he might not die.

You remember the incident, do you not, Peter? How when the French were invading Prussia and for lack of means the country was unable to defend itself against the enemy, the women turned the scale by pouring their plate and jewels into the public treasury--” Aha! thought mynheer as he met his vrouw’s kindling glance.