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shotgun marriages

shotgun marriages is the plural of shotgun marriage.

Meaning of shotgun marriage

Noun

shotgun marriage (plural shotgun marriages)

  1. (countable) A marriage beginning with (or resulting from) a shotgun wedding.
    • It is essential for us to win back the rights of teenagers to prevent the state from using […] the denial of reproductive control to channel young women into shotgun marriages, into unwanted familial responsibilities and into dead end streets.1983 February 5, Rhonda Copelon, quotee, “Roe v. Wade: The Challenge of the Next Decade”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 28, page 5
  2. (countable) A shotgun wedding itself.
  3. (uncountable) Such marriages, or such weddings, taken collectively.
  4. (countable, uncountable) Used figuratively.

Questions about shotgun marriages

What is shotgun marriages the plural of?
Shotgun marriages is the plural of shotgun marriage.

Words near shotgun marriages in the dictionary

  1. shotgun fungus
  2. shotgun home
  3. shotgun house
  4. shotgun houses
  5. shotgun marriage
  6. shotgun marriages
  7. shotgun mic
  8. shotgun microphone
  9. shotgun microphones
  10. shotgun mics
  11. shotgun offense

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