December bride
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Noun
[edit]December bride (plural December brides)
- (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[1], →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.