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dowry Noun pl -ries the property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage [Latin dos] Dowry a portion given with a bride; a gift of nature or fortune; a lot, a great deal—Slang Dictionary, 1874. Example: dowry of parny [rain or water], 1874.
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"To the first condition," I answered, "I agree with all my heart, and I will give you an ample dowry. Father Snail could not speak, he was too much affected; and so they gave them as a dowry and inheritance, the whole forest of burdocks, and said--what they had always said--that it was the best in the world; and if they lived honestly and decently, and increased and multiplied, they and their children would once in the course of time come to the manor-house, be boiled black, and laid on silver dishes. His marriage would supply him with the funds needed for repaying the money, and the profits of his business would provide, in course of time, for restoring the dowry of his wife. |
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