marriage portion
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of marriage portion
First recorded in 1760–70
Example Sentences
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Father, however, has reached the mental age where he cannot let them go, especially when a substantial marriage portion goes with each one.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bombay.—The island of Bombay formed part of the marriage portion received by Charles II. with the infanta of Portugal, and in 1662 the Bombay regiment of Europeans was raised to defend it.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various
Aubrey insisted on a prompt payment of his wife's marriage portion.
From Historic Shrines of America Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them Notable by Faris, John T. (John Thomson)
He was picked up next day in Hare Island Sound, drifting seaward in the boat whose "share" had formed the marriage portion of Mrs. Peter Cadogan.
From Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. by Ross, Martin
She was so called because her marriage portion was a forest of silver birch that lay between two swift-flowing streams and reached from sea to sea.
From The Green Forest Fairy Book by Brady, Loretta Ellen
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