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Definition of Marriers
1. marrier [n] - See also: marrier
Lexicographical Neighbors of Marriers
Literary usage of Marriers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Eccentrics and Eccentricities by John Timbs (1875)
"In the evidence upon this Bill, one of the marriers, Murray, of Gretna, admitted
that he had married between 700 and 800 couples in a year ; and as there ..."
2. Monthly Chronicle of North-country Lore and Legend (1888)
"But the " marriers," as they are called at Gretna, have not even yet died out.
... There used to be six or seven 'marriers,' but Willie gets almost all the ..."
3. Knowledge for the Time: A Manual of Reading, Reference, and Conversation on by John Timbs (1864)
"One of these marriers, Murray, of Gretna, admitted that he had married between
700 and 800 couple in a recent year; and as there were two or three other ..."
4. The Digressions of V. by Elihu Vedder (1910)
"The rest followed all sorts of callings, but were above all industrious and
persistent marriers; if at first they did n't succeed, they would try, ..."
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