dower
Example Sentences
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Visitors made note of his slaves, and the vast number of "dower" slaves at Mount Vernon estate.
From Salon • Jun. 28, 2020
In order to qualify as worthy husbands, Singerman says, Egyptian grooms and their families need to save up for dower money or jewellery to give the bride.
From BBC • Oct. 30, 2015
She left him two years ago. got her final divorce decree only a fortnight ago, now lives in Los Angeles, hopeless of getting a dower share in his inheritance.
From Time Magazine Archive
Wealthy "Daddy" Browning married her in 1926 when she was 15, cut her out of his will before he died in 1934, but she got dower rights of $5,000 a year.
From Time Magazine Archive
One of those freed was Sambo Andersen, who decided to remain near Mount Vernon because his wife and children were still Custis dower slaves.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
Vocabulary lists containing dower
Selection Vocabulary 4, Unit 5
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Vocabulary from the Magna Carta, List 2
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