All 5 Uses
dowry
in
The Joy Luck Club
(Edited)
- So when my brother gave her a sour look, Auntie said our mother was so thoughtless she had fled north in a big hurry, without taking the dowry furniture from her marriage to my father, without bringing her ten pairs of silver chopsticks, without paying respect to my father's grave and those of our ancestors.
Chpt 3dowry = property given by a woman's family to the husband at marriage
- All the heavy furniture and bedding had to be left behind, and these were promised to the Huangs as my dowry.
Chpt 4
- The dowry was enough, more than enough, said my father.
Chpt 4dowry = money or property given by a woman's family to the husband at marriage
- My family's old furniture had been shined up into an impressive dowry and placed in the front parlor.
Chpt 4dowry = property given by a woman's family to the husband at marriage
- I listened to him with my nose held high, sniffing the stink of his words when he told me my father would not likely give the dowry he required.
Chpt 18 *dowry = money or property given by a woman's family to the husband at marriage
Definitions:
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(1)
(dowry) 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 -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) More rarely, in some societies, a dowry may be given by a husband to his new wife. It can also refer to money paid upon entry to a monastic order.