royal marriage

noun

, Cards.

a meld of the king and queen of trumps, as in pinochle. Compare marriage ( def 9 ).

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If her manner of dress is any indication, this may be the first royal marriage not to dissolve into tabloid farce in generations.

His opposition to the royal marriage bill seems to have been a matter of private feeling.

Another ancestor was sent into France by the King, with orders to contract a royal marriage.

The royal marriage was very popular; but, unfortunately, it reflected no splendour on the ministry.

It was enough to bring gloom to the brow of the Senator Marco Cornaro, whose heart was set upon this royal marriage.

Since this royal marriage may not be for me, I must look elsewhere.

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