All 5 Uses
matrimony
in
Gone with the Wind
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- Unhampered by matrimony or widowhood, they made vast inroads on the convalescents, and even the least attractive girls, Scarlett observed gloomily, had no difficulty in getting engaged.†
Chpt 2.8matrimony = marriage
- With the tide of hysterical gaiety and excitement flooding the city, they rushed into matrimony.†
Chpt 3.18 *
- He must think her a fool if he offered her a proposition like that, instead of the proposal of matrimony she had been expecting.†
Chpt 3.19
- It isn't possible that you were so misguided as to think I would propose matrimony?†
Chpt 4.34
- I'm not urging instant matrimony because of your reputation.†
Chpt 4.47
Definitions:
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(1)
(matrimony) the state of being a married
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)