dowerless
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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You forget that I am still an exile—she still dowerless.
From The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 by Various
Philip, Mademoiselle de Valecourt will not come to you as a dowerless bride, which indeed would be a shame for a daughter of so old and noble a family.
From Saint Bartholomew's Eve A Tale of the Huguenot WarS by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
One of these was the duty incumbent on a dowerless young lady to marry well.
From That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 by Trollope, Frances Eleanor
So she had won his heart when he met her in the country, the beauty of a small military station, a doctor's daughter, well born, but dowerless, bringing beauty alone as her marriage portion.
From The Oyster by Peer
Madame de la Tour had moments of uneasiness during her daughter's childhood; sometimes she used to say to me: "If I should die what would become of Virginia, dowerless as she is?"
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 07 — Fiction by Mee, Arthur
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