mariage de convenance
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It was a mariage de convenance, and, as is sometimes the case with such marriages, it turned out very inconveniently for both parties to it.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 64, February, 1863 by Various
If you will agree to this—this mariage de convenance, I will do all that lies in my power to make your life happy.
From The Shadow of the East by Hull, E. M. (Edith Maude)
While in Martinique, Jerome Bonaparte said to a former resident of Baltimore, "Ah! il me faut une mariage de convenance."
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. by Various
He was making a mariage de convenance, but there had been another man on the lists, a younger man than himself, and that had added a most pleasing zest to the pursuit.
From Studies in love and in terror by Lowndes, Marie Belloc
"It would be nothing worse than a mariage de convenance," said Uncle William.
From The Hero by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)
