| 单词 | wife-hunting |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswife-hunting wife-hunting n. the action of searching for a wife for oneself. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > seeking marriage > [noun] > seeking a wife wife-hunting1708 1708 W. Taverner Maid the Mistress iv. 43 If I ever come to this Place a Wife hunting again, may my Skin be stripp'd over my Ears. 1750 Adventures Mr. Loveill II. 2 Between wife-hunting and fortune-hunting. 1862 F. W. Robinson Owen II. vii. 126 So you're off to forrin' parts..fortune-hunting and wife-hunting, p'r'aps, and such like things. 1907 E. V. Lucas Swan & Friends 90 Having loved in vain a lady whom he met at Shaftesbury while on a wife-hunting expedition. 2010 D. Morrissey Plantation ii. 41 There's not much opportunity for wife hunting in the colonies. < as lemmas |
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