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royal marriage

American  

noun

Cards.
  1. a meld of the king and queen of trumps, as in pinochle.


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The whole process was an education for myself about the nature of the royal family, the nature of the royal marriage, what Diana felt about her childhood, her school days.

From Salon • Dec. 8, 2022

And West, 53, and Debicki, 32, were charged with depicting the most precarious chapter of the Charles and Diana story: the painfully public implosion of their royal marriage.

From New York Times • Nov. 4, 2022

The prime minister said that it was purely theoretical at this stage but it would be up to parliament, which has to give approval to a royal marriage.

From BBC • Oct. 12, 2021

“Diana: The Musical,” about the ill-starred royal marriage, is streaming ahead of its Broadway opening.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2021

Alliance through royal marriage was as common in eleventh-century Mixteca as it was in seventeenth-century Europe.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann