marriage proposal Meaning of "marriage proposal"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) an offer of marriage

Usage(s):

  1. She is known to have received one marriage proposal, from a younger man with the odd name of Harris Bigg-Wither, which she at first accepted and then, a day later, declined.
  2. Lindh also spends his days poring over his fan mail, which so far has included at least one marriage proposal.
  3. He dated her for more than a decade before she finally got tired of waiting for a marriage proposal that was never going to come.
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