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Bachelorhood

noun
1.
The time of a man's life prior to marriage.
2.
The state of being an unmarried man.





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"Bachelorhood" Quotes from Famous Books



... night, and I'll get supper and prove what a housewife I am. Roger, if you do not swallow everything I prepare without a wry face, and, indeed, with every appearance of relish, I shall predict for you the most miserable old bachelorhood all ...
— Without a Home • E. P. Roe
... feeling for a few days after marriage. 'When the veil falls, and the girdle is loosened,' says the German poet Schiller, 'the fair illusion vanishes.' A half regret crosses their minds for the jolly bachelorhood they have renounced. The mysterious charms which gave their loved one the air of something more than human, disappear in the prosaic sunlight ...
— The Physical Life of Woman: - Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother • Dr. George H Napheys


Words linked to "Bachelorhood" :   marital status, bachelor, time of life


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