marriage portion
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of marriage portion
First recorded in 1760–70
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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
"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
He had married Claudine Boichon, the daughter of a goldsmith who expected to give his daughter a marriage portion, but was unable from loss of property.
From Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous by Sarah K. Bolton
I had to leave and become an apothecary, had to marry, take my marriage portion, and set up a shop full of cod-liver oil in a little out-of-the-way town.
From Stories and Pictures by Isaac Loeb Peretz
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