| 单词 | runaway marriage |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrunaway marriage b. Relating to, connected with, or accompanied by running away or (esp.) elopement. Frequently in runaway marriage, runaway match. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > [adjective] > types of wedding civila1602 runaway1720 coemptive1875 confarreate1880 farreate1880 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > [noun] > manner of marrying > elopement Gretna Green1813 runaway1833 runaway match1838 1720 (title) Votes of the Irish Society of Fortune-hunters; otherwise call'd, the Killing Captain's Club, &c. being a banter on runaway-marriages. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. xxxi. 167 That I might not make such a giddy and run-away appearance to any of his relations. 1775 R. B. Sheridan St. Patrick's Day ii. iv But I always knew Lauretta was a runaway name. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. iii. ii. 340 I will not say a word about the runaway trick. 1838 E. C. Gaskell Let. 17 Aug. (1966) 27 Wm has promised..to marry you if it comes to a runaway match. 1882 E. D. Neill in E. D. Neill & C. S. Bryant Hist. Houston County xlv. 276/2 Jack's marriage was in keeping with the man, it was a runaway affair. 1907 W. De Morgan Alice-for-Short xxviii. 280 Don't you go making a runaway match with a ramshandry sort o' half-French girl. 1961 Rotarian June 18/1 Confirming evidence could be piled skyscraper high on the connection between runaway marriages and divorce. 1992 C. Harris Bone to Pick vi. 73 Sally is..the veteran of an early runaway marriage that left her with a son to raise and a reputation to make. < as lemmas |
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