trial marriage

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I’m also assuming this is a one-year trial marriage of the new coaching staff and the existing coach-killing quarterback.

From Chicago Tribune • Jan. 22, 2015

The idea of trial marriage is nothing new; secular freethinkers have been proposing it for a number of years.

From Time Magazine Archive

Young spoke flamboyantly of the benefits�notably of "revolutionary" improvement in service�which a "trial marriage" between Central and C. & O. would bring to both partners.

From Time Magazine Archive

"We are not talking of trial marriage," he explained.

From Time Magazine Archive

Or had they developed trial marriage back so far?

From The Skull by Dick, Philip K.