marriage bureau
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The building houses various government offices, including the city’s marriage bureau.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 24, 2023
Investigators have also turned up at least one Muslim cleric running a marriage bureau from his madrassa, or religious school.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 4, 2019
He refused to talk to the AP, but his wife Razia told the AP that they make arrangements through a Chinese marriage bureau in Islamabad.
From Fox News ● May 7, 2019
In lieu of a ring, Gail received a ball-point pen that Zappa bought from a vending machine at the marriage bureau.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 14, 2015
Their confessional is a kind of marriage bureau; they have always got some plan on for marrying this person to that, and I must say I hate all that sort of thing….
From Celibates by Moore, George (George Augustus)
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