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Meanings of marriageable in английском

Old enough to marry.

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Usage of marriageable in английском
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Tell me; the daughter must be quite at a marriageable age now.
Dame Care
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The public auction of marriageable virgins had most likely a similar intention.
The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4: ...
3
Most of em's got daughters of marriageable age, and they'll bring em.
Wizard and glass
4
In the morning unmarried women of marriageable age would dance the Pole.
To the blight: the eye of the world
5
The marriageable age was from fourteen for men, and twelve for girls.
Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology / For Classical Schools...
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It was between him, and any marriageable man that Mary might fancy.
At the Foot of the Rainbow
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I've looked over every marriageable young man in the settlement, except Jack.
The Last Trail
8
I had big ears, but normally women of marriageable age liked that.
How the soldier repairs the gramophone
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Supposing that it had been Bettina who had been the marriageable one!
The Shuttle
10
There were so few of them, young men of marriageable age.
A Russian Journal
11
He's of marriageable age, and she will be, too, before long.
Casket of Souls
12
Every royal house in the West had been searched for its marriageable females.
The Prince of India; Or, Why Constantinople Fell — Volume 01
13
Now in Africa girls become marriageable at a very early age.
Saint Augustin
14
The bumpkin comes up to marriageable age, and takes the first-
The Brentons
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Girls are marriageable very young; sometimes they have children at ten years old.
An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of...
16
Semple, in speaking of her as already marriageable, had given him a shock.
The Bow of Orange Ribbon: A Romance of New York
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