silver wedding

noun

a twenty-fifth wedding anniversary.

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Origin of silver wedding

First recorded in 1860–65

Words nearby silver wedding

silver surfer, silver thaw, silver trout, silver vine, silver wattle, silver wedding, silver-eye, silver-fork deformity, silver-fork fracture, silver-gilt, silver-lace vine
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Example sentences from the Web for silver wedding

  • Madam Stolpe could not find her fine new silver coffee-service, which her children had given her on her silver-wedding day.

    Pelle the Conqueror, Complete|Martin Anderson Nexo

  • Such were Ashurst's memories, sitting against the wall among the gorse, on his silver-wedding day.

    Five Tales|John Galsworthy