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
The idea of trial marriage is nothing new; secular freethinkers have been proposing it for a number of years.
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
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
We thought we believed in trial marriage, but we don't—we believe in trial separation!
From Why Marry? by Williams, Jesse Lynch
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