mariage de convenance

British  

/ marjaʒ də kɔ̃vənɑ̃s /

noun

1. another term for marriage of convenience

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mariage de convenance

"And every one will call it a mariage de convenance!"

From The Swindler and Other Stories by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell

Later on he effectually thwarted Zygmunt's desire to join in the rising of 1830, and by his persistence forced him into a reluctant mariage de convenance.

From Kościuszko A Biography by Monica M. (Monica Mary) Gardner

Much of this corruption evidently arises from the iniquitous practice of mariage de convenance, so often speculated in by most match-making mothers, in the two greatest capitals of Europe. 

From The Thistle and the Cedar of Lebanon by Habeeb Risk Allah

I can't bear to think of any one so lovely doing anything so sordid, so miserable, as making a mariage de convenance.'

From Franklin Kane by Anne Douglas Sedgwick

It was not a mariage de convenance; the young people had chosen freely.

From Famous Women: George Sand by Bertha Thomas

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