trial marriage
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of trial marriage
First recorded in 1920–25
Example Sentences
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I’m also assuming this is a one-year trial marriage of the new coaching staff and the existing coach-killing quarterback.
From Chicago Tribune ● Jan. 22, 2015
Says Dr. Edward Craig Hobbs of Berkeley's Episcopal Church Divinity School of the Pacific: "Something like trial marriage would be vastly superior to our present system, which is marriage, divorce and remarriage."
From Time Magazine Archive
A man whose own marriages had proved something of a trial, he was a staunch advocate of trial marriage.
From Time Magazine Archive
During the first phase, which would, in effect, be a trial marriage, the young couple would be required to agree not to have children.
From Time Magazine Archive
Judge: We thought we believed in trial marriage.
From Why Marry? by Williams, Jesse Lynch
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