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walking marriages

walking marriages is the plural of walking marriage.

Meaning of walking marriage

Noun

walking marriage (plural walking marriages)

  1. In Mosuo culture, a relationship in which the partners do not live in the same household, and their children are raised by their mothers and the families of the mothers.

Questions about walking marriages

What is walking marriages the plural of?
Walking marriages is the plural of walking marriage.

Words near walking marriages in the dictionary

  1. walking leaves
  2. walking like an Egyptian
  3. walking marathon
  4. walking marathons
  5. walking marriage
  6. walking marriages
  7. walking mattress
  8. walking mattresses
  9. walking off
  10. walking off the job
  11. walking off with

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