one’s ball and chain



one’s ball and chain

n. a wife; a girlfriend. (Mostly jocular.) I’ve got to get home to my ball and chain.
See also: and, ball, chain

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Nebuchadnezzar-Ancient Near Eastern (Anglicized), Biblical
Amit (2)ah-MEETHebrew
KatalinKAWT-aw-leen (Hungarian)Hungarian, Basque
Maximilianmahk-see-MEE-lee-ahn (German), mak-si-MIL-ee-ən (English), mak-si-MIL-yən (English)German, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
SreĆKo-Croatian, Serbian
Irine-Georgian