dowerless
Americanadjective
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In her heart she knew quite well that a dowerless girl had nothing to hope for in the world in which she lived.
From Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House by Gilbert Cannan
However, she will not come to you a dowerless bride.
From The Cornet of Horse A Tale of Marlborough's Wars by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
There he may read of the poet's bare cupboard, and the unfurnished lodging, where he lived with his ugly and dowerless old wife, who brought him but fifty years with her soup.
From Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends by Eugene Mason
Philippe renounced the brilliant career as an engineer already chalked out before him, and that his sister might not be dowerless, became a manufacturer.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 06 — Fiction by Arthur Mee
My father went straight from the University to Vienna, where he began his career in the diplomatic service, and where he soon afterwards married a dowerless English girl of good family.
From Phantom Fortune, a Novel by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
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