dowry
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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
"So many of my friends have had to leave school, or never been to school because someone paid a dowry to marry them, so their fathers had married them off," she says.
From BBC • Jan. 25, 2025
Blanca’s dowry, her monthly income, and the prospect of inheriting a considerable fortune eventually brought him around.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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