wedding-day

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Noun[edit]

wedding-day (plural wedding-days)

  1. Archaic form of wedding day.
    • 1807, [Germaine] de Staël Holstein, translated by D[ennis] Lawler, “[Book XIX. Oswald’s return to Italy.] Chapter I.”, in Corinna; or, Italy. [], volume V, London: [] Corri, []; and sold by Colburn, [], and Mackenzie, [], →OCLC, page 146:
      On the morning of the wedding-day, the image of Corinna was present to Oswald with more vivid semblance than ever; []
    • 1870, Old Boomerang [pseudonym; John Richard Houlding], Rural and City Life; or, The Fortunes of the Stubble Family, London: Sampson Low, Son, & Marston, page 47:
      Perhaps he wants to know if us have got any ready money to give away with Mag. Shouldn’t wonder, for it’s often axed for on wedding-days by gentlefolks; though it seems queer enough to me that a man should expect to be paid for marrying a good wife.
    • 1876, S. L. Brand, Dora: A Life Story, London: Charing Cross Publishing Company, Limited, [], page 85:
      To-morrow was Edmund’s wedding-day. I thought how lovely Bella woud look as a bride, and then reflected on my own sad fate.
    • 1900 April 12, Bertha M. Clay, “Repented at Leisure”, in Wood County Reporter[1], Grand Rapids, Wis.: A. L. Fontaine:
      “My wedding-day!” she thought to herself. “What would my father think if he knew this was my wedding-day?”