Boston marriage

短语

词形变化

Boston marriages 复数 Boston marriages

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A long-term monogamous relationship between two unmarried women, especially in New England between the 18th and early 20th centuries.

    历史

词源

Unknown, first used in late 19th century New England, and sometimes connected to The Bostonians (1885) by Henry James, which describes such a relationship.

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