Both Uses of
dowry
in
Twelfth Night
- And ask no other dowry with her but such another jest.†
Scene 2.5 *
- Let some of my people have a special care of him; I would not have him miscarry for the half of my dowry.†
Scene 3.4
Definition:
in some societies, money or property given by a woman's family to the husband at marriage
or less formally: money or property a bride brings to a marriage
or less formally: money or property a bride brings to a marriage