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Meanings of find husbands in English

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Usage of find husbands in English
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People brought their daughters in to find husbands or enjoy the theatre.
The rebels of ireland: the dublin saga
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Debutantes had been presented to society in order to find husbands.
Toxic bachelors
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Marry there if you can find husbands, follow useful trades there.
The Lady of Blossholme
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There are forty thousand old maids and widows in this State who can't find husbands.
The Ramrodders: A Novel
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There are many as ugly as she is to be seen who still find husbands.
Memoirs of Madame la Marquise de Montespan — Volume 5
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Where should these girls go to find husbands?
Under the Skylights
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Where, indeed, could modest women find husbands from whom they would not continually turn with disgust?
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman / With Strictures on Politi...
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Besides, they are all very good-looking girls who may find husbands, if they ever see a man.
Smith and the Pharaohs, and other Tales
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She and her sisters have to find husbands as their father doesn't have enough money to support them.
The Guardian
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They believe the spirit can help them find husbands or wives, jobs or money, or heal them from sickness.
Climbing Magazine
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It's like the damage done when Boris Johnson recently joked that women only go to university to find husbands.
The Guardian
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The London mayor made a crass, sexist joke this week about Malaysian girls going off to university to find husbands.
The Guardian
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Brothers hardly like their sisters to have lovers, though they are often well satisfied that their sisters should find husbands.
The Duke's Children
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Better be happy old maids than unhappy wives, or unmaidenly girls, running about to find husbands, said Mrs. March decidedly.
Little Women
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In a thorough industrial district, it is not easy for the girls who have expectations above the common to find husbands.
England, My England
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Victims with scarring on their faces are stigmatized: children are excluded at school and girls often won't be able to find husbands.
Reuters
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