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Boston marriages

Boston marriages is the plural of Boston marriage.

Meaning of Boston marriage

Noun

Boston marriage (plural Boston marriages)

  1. (historical) A long-term monogamous relationship between two unmarried women, especially in New England between the 18th and early 20th centuries.
    • Two women, as well known as Susan Channing and Edna D. Cheney, have made separate appeals for this new departure of female habit. A Boston marriage is described to be a sympathetic union of two women who have not been able to make good and agreeable matches with members of the opposite sex.[1894 May 3, “Vanity Fair”, in The Argonaut, page 9

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What is Boston marriages the plural of?
Boston marriages is the plural of Boston marriage.

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