Citations:bride-to-be

English citations of bride-to-be

Noun: "a woman who is soon to be married"

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• 1954 — David Lavender, Bent's Fort, University of Nebraska Press (1972), →ISBN, page 262:

  Then the buzzing guests were sent away with an excuse that the bride-to-be was ill.

• 1998 — Regina Lee Blaszczyk, "Cinderella Stories: The Glass of Fashion and the Gendered Marketplace", in His and Hers: Gender, Consumption, and Technology (eds. Roger Horowitz & Arwen Mohun), University of Virginia Press (1998), →ISBN, page 149:

  By 1953, depending on their economic class, brides-to-be were being given from one to six showers by their families, friends, or coworkers.

• 2003 — Brenda Jackson, Perfect Fit, Dafina Books (2006), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

  For someone getting married, Sage wasn't showing the enthusiasm she would expect of a bride-to-be.

• 2011 — Emily Brand, Royal Weddings, Shire Publications (2011), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

  The etiquette of a royal wedding might vary according to the status of those entering into wedlock, but wherever possible it was preferred that a foreign bride-to-be should make the journey to be married, and settled, in England.

• 2011 — Catherine Blyth, The Art of Marriage: A Guide to Living Life As Two, Gotham Books (2011), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

  A more affordable tradition in Yorkshire was to precede the wedding with a "bidding" or "brideswain" in which the bride-to-be sat spinning in a cart that was pulled around the village.

• 2011 — Laura Lau & Theodra Lau, Wedding Feng Shui: The Chinese Horoscopes Guide to Planning Your Wedding, Harper (2011), →ISBN, page 28:

  Whether it's boss, negotiator, or designer, it's all in a day's work for the bride-to-be.