Usage of "marriage portion"

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Money, goods, or estate that is given to a woman at the time of her marriage.

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Examples for "dowry"

In the meanwhile, the servants had carried the dowry to the wagon. 
 The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V... 

But my father promised he'd make sure my dowry was well protected. 
 The devil she knows 

With her dowry William expanded his business and acquired a second shop. 
 Millionaire: the philanderer, gambler, and duelist who invented ... 

On the condition that I-thatI fix the amount of the dowry. 
 The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V... 

For those reasons, he is prepared to overlook your lack of dowry. 
 The viscount and the virgin 

He talked about the trousseau and how much admired Rose is everywhere. 
 I capture the castle 

The trousseau of a young beauty became as important as her dowry. 
 Joseph II. and His Court: An Historical Novel 

Myra's trousseau had been so simple as scarcely to deserve the name. 
 The Best Short Stories of 1919, and the Yearbook of the American... 

Anne's salary had helped a great deal in getting the trousseau together. 
 The Gay Cockade 

Little by little the trousseau had been prepared, and was all ready. 
 Everlasting Pearl: One of China's Women 

He had never accepted Gard's explanation of his interest in Mahr's affairs. 
 Out of the Ashes 

No one knew of his own feud with Mahr; no one suspected it. 
 Out of the Ashes 

One such was Adolph Mahr, Director of the Irish National Museum. 
 The Irish Times 

But all bore the name of Victor Mahr more or less conspicuously displayed. 
 Out of the Ashes 

Teddy Mahr paused for a moment before descending to the street. 
 Out of the Ashes 

And as soon as they gat the tocher, he's off wi' the lassie. 
 The Dew of Their Youth 

And she has nae tocher or as good as nane. 
 Foes 

Heard ye ever the like of a tocher, man? 
 Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 23 

I dinna mind the leddy's name; but there's tocher wi' lass o' his I'll warrant. 
 Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet: An Autobiography 

Wi' havins and tocher sae sma'! 
 Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Vol... 

Uso de marriage portion em inglês

That will probably suffice to save your railroad-andMiss Brentwood's marriage portion. 
 The Grafters 

To be sure, your dear life is insured for her marriage portion; but- 
 "My Novel" — Volume 09 

Let him marry another such, and I will not stint her marriage portion. 
 Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy 

I used to think the heart a woman's marriage portion for her husband. 
 The Egoist: A Comedy in Narrative 

Beatrice's marriage portion would be a small fortune to a poor young man. 
 Vera Nevill / Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance 

Is it only that you wish to save Miss Brentwood's little marriage portion? 
 The Grafters 

She would have given you a marriage portion, have found you a husband! 
 His Masterpiece 

And now you want me to take my marriage portion out of your dread. 
 There Are Crimes and Crimes 

But, as it happens, the marriage portion that she brought him has lain untouched. 
 Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol. 2 of 2) 

I wasn't referring to the girl and her marriage portion. 
 The Market-Place 

Moreover, her family had insisted resolutely on a marriage portion. 
 Atlantida 

A poor man he vas, too, and got ten pun from a marriage portion society. 
 Children of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People 

Well, no; my wife has it, as part of the marriage portion, or rather my gift. 
 The Son of Clemenceau, A Novel of Modern Love and Life 

Meanly, I added, "Her marriage portion is not large enough." 
 The Oracle Glass 

There is your marriage portion for a reward. 
 The Woman in White 

Thus, seeing that he was almost a king, I did not dare refuse my marriage portion. 
 Mysteries of Paris — Volume 03 

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