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proposal of marriage

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Noun1.proposal of marriageproposal of marriage - an offer of marriage                
marriage offer, marriage proposal, proposal
question - an informal reference to a marriage proposal; "he was ready to pop the question"
offering, offer - something offered (as a proposal or bid); "noteworthy new offerings for investors included several index funds"


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Louisa, my dear, you are the subject of a proposal of marriage that has been made to me.
Hard Times by Dickens, Charles View in context
His proposal of marriage being accepted by the lady, the commissary took his seat behind the proprieties with great decorum, and Mrs General drove until the commissary died.
Little Dorrit by Dickens, Charles View in context
Shoot in a rose, or a calceolaria, or an herbaceous border, or something, I gather, and you have made a formal proposal of marriage without any of the trouble of rehearsing a long speech and practising appropriate gestures in front of your bedroom looking-glass.
The Man Upstairs and Other Stories by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context
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