marriageable

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Besides her signed articles, mostly interviews with prominent foreigners,—she was fluent in half a dozen modern languages,—she composed "The Meditations of a Marriageable Maid."

From Comrade Yetta by Edwards, Albert

Marriageable heiresses, de notre bord, are not to be had for nothing; it must be name for name, and fortune for fortune.

From The American by James, Henry

Age, Marriageable, of women, 37; proper for a husband, 48.

From How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage by Hardy, Edward John

I am the Father of a Young Heiress, whom I begin to look upon as Marriageable, and who has looked upon her self as such for above these Six Years.

From The Spectator, Volume 2. by Addison, Joseph

Marriageable women had long since ceased to consider him; mothers with maturing daughters dismissed him with a significant shake of the head.

From The Mystery of the Boule Cabinet A Detective Story by Stevenson, Burton Egbert