单词 | matrimonial agency |
释义 | > as lemmasmatrimonial agency matrimonial agency n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > match-making > [noun] > marriage bureau matrimonial agency1860 marriage bureau1942 1860 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) 20 77/2 The advantages to be derived from the Matrimonial Agency brought out by an intelligent and shrewd Yankee. 1895 Bachelor Arts Monthly May 113 There is even danger that soon ‘co-ed’ institutions will degenerate into mere matrimonial agencies. 1967 C. Watson Lonelyheart 4122 v. 46 He has the traditional English middle-class attitude to matrimonial agencies. Terribly infra dig. < as lemmas |
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