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
"I think you told me, James, that Miss Armstrong's marriage portion will be very considerable," remarked Mrs. Halford.
From Englefield Grange or Mary Armstrong's Troubles by H. B. Paull
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 it was who suggested to Governor King the first idea of establishing the “Female Orphan Asylum,” and proposed attaching one hundred acres of land as a marriage portion for the children.
From The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl by Richard Cobbold
He's let Katherine take up company with the criminal who robbed our ship at Nevis, whilst we're at this very time negotiating a marriage portion.
From Caribbee by Thomas Hoover
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