trial marriage
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of trial marriage
First recorded in 1920–25
Example Sentences
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I’m also assuming this is a one-year trial marriage of the new coaching staff and the existing coach-killing quarterback.
From Chicago Tribune ● Jan. 22, 2015
Says Dr. Edward Craig Hobbs of Berkeley's Episcopal Church Divinity School of the Pacific: "Something like trial marriage would be vastly superior to our present system, which is marriage, divorce and remarriage."
From Time Magazine Archive
The idea of trial marriage is nothing new; secular freethinkers have been proposing it for a number of years.
From Time Magazine Archive
A man whose own marriages had proved something of a trial, he was a staunch advocate of trial marriage.
From Time Magazine Archive
A modern lover would loathe the idea of such a trial marriage, because he feels sure that his love will be eternal and unalterable.
From Primitive Love and Love-Stories by Finck, Henry Theophilus
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