dowry

Example Sentences

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If she can collect the dowry from Charlie, she and Stanley can sail to Australia to escape the police and live happily ever after Down Under.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2025

But the young man said he was grateful that since he began mining five years ago, he has been able to save a little money for a dowry and is now married with children.

From BBC • Jul. 12, 2025

This is no hostile takeover proposal — more like an actual proposal-proposal, with a really big dowry.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2025

A dowry can be anything - cash, jewellery, utensils.

From BBC • Sep. 10, 2024

Normally, the husband’s family would give the wife’s family a dowry of cows, but in this case, John agreed to send money worth the equivalent of eighty cows.

From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau