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matrimony:
1. The act or rite of marriage . 2. The state of being married ; marriage .
QUOTES:
(1) Sung by the chorus in 42nd Street (1933): ' Matrimony is baloney . She'll be wanting alimony in a year or so .'
(2) Sir Percy Blakeney (Leslie Howard) to his wife Marguerite (Merle Oberon) about her brother Armand Saint-Juste in The Scarlet Pimpernel (1935): ' What a dreadful prospect. What has poor Armand done to be sentenced to matrimony? '
See Also: altared, coitus maritus, rabbied, sentenced (for life), signed, sealed and delivered, spliced, tie that binds, the, united in wedlock, united in holy matrimony, welded, meshed, missis-ed, parsoned, knot that binds, the, knotted, life contract, marry-making, anchored, bewifed, bundled, churched, dragging an anchor, hitched, holy knot, the, holy bed and board, hyphenated, in double harness, matrimony, conjugal, knot,
Quotes Containing matrimony:
Sung by the chorus in 42nd Street (1933): ''Matrimony is baloney . She''ll be wanting alimony in a year or so.''
Sir Percy Blakeney (Leslie Howard) in The Scarlet Pimpernel (1935): ''What a dreadful prospect. What has poor Armand done to be sentenced to matrimony?''
Havana/Betsy Iggets (Patricia Arquette) a Marilyn look-alike, in Holy Matrimony (1994): ''When the weather is hot like this I keep my panties in the refrigerator.''
Twelve year old Hutterian Brethren Ezechiel/Zeke (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) married to much older Havana/Betsy Iggets (Patricia Arquette) in Holy Matrimony (1994): - Zeke:''I don''t think our marriage is working. '' - Havana:''Then we have something in common with every married couple in America.''
A 12-year old Hutterian, Ezechiel/Zeke (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) married to a much older Havana/Betsy Iggets (Patricia Arquette) in Holy Matrimony (1994): - Ezechiel: 'I don't think our marriage is working. ' - Havana: 'Then we have something in common with every married couple in America.'
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