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December brides

December brides is the plural of December bride.

Meaning of December bride

Noun

December bride (plural December brides)

  1. (idiomatic) A woman who marries when she is significantly older than most brides.
    • She was too old. Too dried-up. A December bride rescued from spinsterhood and assigned the place of helpmeet, companion, cook and laundress, with the sex thrown in as a bonus.2013, T. Coraghessan Boyle, San Miguel, →ISBN, page 290

Questions about December brides

What is December brides the plural of?
December brides is the plural of December bride.

Words near December brides in the dictionary

  1. decels
  2. decem-
  3. Decem.
  4. December
  5. December bride
  6. December brides
  7. December revolt
  8. Decemberish
  9. Decemberist
  10. Decemberists
  11. Decemberly

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