shidduch
Britishnoun
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an arranged marriage
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the arrangement of a marriage
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any negotiated agreement
Etymology
Origin of shidduch
from Hebrew: see shadchan
Example Sentences
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“Bernie needed Joel more than Joel needed Bernie, but it was a good shidduch,” said longtime Democratic Jewish activist and political consultant Steve Rabinowitz, using the Yiddish term for a Jewish arranged marriage.
From Washington Post
The North Slope storefront, previously a Pilates studio, was a shidduch — a match.
From New York Times
She's a matchmaker, in Hebrew a shidduch.
From The Guardian
"All right, Fischko," he said, "I will write the boy so soon as I get back to the office yet; but one thing I must beg of you: don't say a word about this to my partner, y'understand, because if he would hear that I am bringing home Elkan from the road just on account of this Shidduch you are proposing, understand me, he would make my life miserable."
From Project Gutenberg
"But," Elkan said, "I ain't looking for no Shidduch."
From Project Gutenberg
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