portionless
- a word derived from portion.
Example Sentences
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A single trait suffices to prove the lady’s attractiveness—the avaricious John Churchill wooed and wedded her although all along he knew Sarah to be altogether portionless.
From Political Women, Vol. 2 by Menzies, Sutherland, fl. 1840-1883
True, I once looked forward to the happy period of our union, when I might have offered myself to you, not as a portionless bride; but I was checked by one maddening, burning, inextinguishable thought.
From Frank Mildmay Or, the Naval Officer by Marryat, Frederick
Name your day, and if the lady is portionless, in that she shall be to me a Melissa.”
From Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father by Mitchell, I. (Isaac)
Much as she liked sweet Mary Trevern, she had no desire to see her eldest son, the youthful heir of the sadly encumbered estate, wedded to a portionless bride, however comely and amiable.
From Fifty-Two Stories For Girls by Miles, Alfred H. (Alfred Henry)
She so evidently thought herself conferring a favour on a portionless and unattractive girl, that it became hard to say an opposing word.
From The Maidens' Lodge None of Self and All of Thee, (In the Reign of Queen Anne) by Petherick, Horace
