| 单词 | marriage-monger |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmarriage-monger marriage-monger n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > match-making > [noun] > match-maker broker1377 marriage-maker1591 proxenete1609 matcher1611 ring-carriera1616 matchmaker1638 match-broker1640 marriage broker1662 marriage-bawd1676 match-monger1680 flesh-broker1699 wife broker1700 black-sole1725 marriage-monger?1748 Blackfoot1808 blackleg1825 ?1748 T. C. Phillips Apol. Conduct I. 62 Our Marriage-Monger did not chuse to act in his own Name, for Fear of it's coming to the Knowledge of his Wife. 1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes I. xxxi. 305 There are articles which the marriage-monger cannot make to convene at all. 1926 A. L. Hayward in A. Smith Compl. Hist. Highwaymen I. 174 He was duped by a marriage-monger into marrying Mary Wadsworth under the delusion that she was a wealthy widow. 2010 H. Seligson Little Bit Married v. 111 How do you deal with the marriage-mongers? < as lemmas |
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