marriage portion
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of marriage portion
First recorded in 1760–70
Example Sentences
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Father, however, has reached the mental age where he cannot let them go, especially when a substantial marriage portion goes with each one.
From Time Magazine Archive
"And I suppose, then, you want me to consent to your marrying a man who expects me to advance sufficient money as your marriage portion to enable him to support his wife?"
From Englefield Grange or Mary Armstrong's Troubles by H. B. Paull
She had for her marriage portion two cows and two calves; and, with fifteen dollars' worth of furniture, they commenced house-keeping.
From Curiosities of Human Nature by Anonymous
He seems to have been straitened in circumstances, for he had but thirty crowns left, and of these he generously gave thirteen to make up the marriage portion of the sister of his beloved Salaï.
From Famous European Artists by Sarah K. Bolton
If they had been honest and thrifty, they could have given her a marriage portion.
From Comrade Yetta by Albert Edwards
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