December bride

English

Pronunciation
  • Audio (AU)(file)

Noun

December bride (plural December brides)

  1. (idiomatic) A woman who marries when she is significantly older than most brides.
    • 2013, T. Coraghessan Boyle, San Miguel, →ISBN, page 290:
      She was too old. Too dried-up. A December bride rescued from spinsterhood and assigned the place of helpmeet, companion, cook and laundress, with the sex thrown in as a bonus.
    • 2013, Charles Portis, “Delray's New Moon”, in Escape Velocity: A Charles Portis Miscellany‎, →ISBN:
      Marguerite: She's afraid y'all will laugh at 'em and make fun of 'em for getting married when they're so old. . . .
      Mr Mingo: Oh, we'll laugh a little bit. They have to expect that. A December bride has to expect some teasing.

See also
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.