单词 | smithfield match |
释义 | > as lemmasSmithfield match ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > a marriage > [noun] > viewed as more or less advantageous > for money market-match1605 Smithfield bargain1664 Smithfield match1703 1703 Levellers in Harleian Misc. (1800) XII. 196 Methinks, a Smithfield match is so very ridiculours [sic], that it might nauseate a half-witted courtier. 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. ii. vi. 205 He resolved never to marry his Daughter on a Smithfield Match; that whoever had Love for her to take her, would, when he died, find her Share of his Fortune in his Coffers. View more context for this quotation 1770 Lady's Mag. 1 79 (heading) Ill consequences attending Smithfield matches. < as lemmas |
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