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single mother EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN noun a mother who brings up a child or children alone, without a partner. Liberaldictionary.com
Also Informal, single mom. Origin of single mother First recorded in 1965–70 Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for single mother Contemporary Examples of single mother
While 18 percent of American families fall below the poverty level, 43 percent of single-mother households do.
When Your Child Kills: the Parents of Criminals
Andrew Solomon
December 21, 2012
In single-mother households, lack of economic resources is to blame for poor performance in school.
Joyce C. Tang
August 13, 2010
