her indoors

old-fashioned One's wife. A reference to the fact that wives were traditionally expected to remain primarily indoors to keep the house and raise children. Primarily heard in UK. I never know what to get her indoors when our anniversary rolls around.

her indoors

a humorous reference to a man's wife. British informal

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