Definitions
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- noun Alternative term for
bride price
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Examples
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“In the place where that River [Anapos of Sikelia] had often bathed the maiden Kyane, pouring his water in fountain-showers as a bridegift.”
thewhat Diary Entry thewhat 2004
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Telemark would forgive the sale of the furs intended for his son's bridegift.
Stormwarden Wurts, Janny 1989
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She carried her bridegift wrapped in a cloth as fine as cobweb, for the beloved one's eyes must be the first to see it.
Dragons of Autumn Twilight Weis, Margaret 1984
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This was that the bridegift and the groomgift could not be purchased.
Dragons of Autumn Twilight Weis, Margaret 1984
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She carried her bridegift wrapped in a cloth as fine as cobweb, for the beloved one's eyes must be the first to see it.
Dragons of Autumn Twilight Weis, Margaret 1984
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This was that the bridegift and the groomgift could not be purchased.
Dragons of Autumn Twilight Weis, Margaret 1984
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