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
And Nan," said he, "might have ten thousand pounds for her marriage portion.
From Denis Dent A Novel by Ernest W. Hornung
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 Loretta Ellen Brady
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
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 Martin Ross
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