Lexicographical Neighbors of Shadchan
Literary usage of Shadchan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Promised Land by Mary Antin (1912)
"She has been summoned to a conference with the shadchan (marriage broker), ...
Her parents are pleased with the son-in-law proposed by the shadchan, ..."
2. The Bookman (1898)
"Circumstances have removed the conditions that led to his existence, but the
shadchan, having once tasted of the sweets of his patrimony, has never let go. ..."
3. Modern Short-stories by Margaret Ashmun (1914)
"Perhaps they won't give a dowry," he thought, with a consolatory sense of outwitting
the shadchan. On the Saturday Leibel went to see the damsel, ..."
4. Jewish Ceremonial Institutions and Customs by William Rosenau (1903)
"In some communities the professional match-maker, " shadchan," plays a prominent
... The shadchan is undoubtedly a remnant of the Crusades, during which, ..."
5. Jewish Ceremonial Institutions and Customs by William Rosenau (1912)
"In some communities the professional match-maker, " shadchan," plays a prominent
... The shadchan is undoubtedly a remnant of the Crusades, during which, ..."
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