handbasket portion
handbasket portion noun: gifts or support provided to a woman’s husband by her father or family;.
Noun
handbasket portion (plural handbasket portions)
- Gifts or support provided to a woman’s husband by her father or family;
- They have a common saying in the Wild of Kent, when the daughter of an old farmer is married.— If it be enquired what portion the old man gave her, and the answer is, that “he gave not much money; yet,” say they, “the old people are always sending them something—there is always something to send...1784, William Huntington, God, the Poor Man’s Guardian, and the Bank of Faith, page 98
Forms of handbasket portion
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Questions about handbasket portion
- What does handbasket portion mean?
- Handbasket portion means gifts or support provided to a woman’s husband by her father or family;.
- What part of speech is handbasket portion?
- Handbasket portion is a noun.
- What is the plural of handbasket portion?
- The plural of handbasket portion is handbasket portions.
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