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Michael had a vision of his father-inlaw, like a plainclothes man in the neighbourhood of wedding-presents.
The Silver Spoon 2004
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Figaro for the latest news of the Russo-Japanese war, finds instead the list of people who have given wedding-presents to
The Sweet Cheat Gone 2003
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No doubt some of our millionaire Americans can afford such golden wedding-presents, but of course they are rare, and even if common, would be less in keeping than some less magnificent gifts.
Manners and Social Usages Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood
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On the two first days after the wedding, wedding-presents were received by the pair.
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The giving of wedding-presents has had to endure many changes since its first beginning, which was a wise and generous desire to help the young pair to begin house-keeping.
Manners and Social Usages Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood
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She was forbidden, even, to write one of the seventy still remaining out of the three hundred letters of thanks to the donors of wedding-presents.
A Sheaf of Corn Mary E. Mann
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There would be all the wedding-presents to arrive, congratulatory notes, etc. Everything to arrange, and a thousand and one things that neither one nor three pairs of hands could do.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 Various
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To show Lydia their good-will, they gave her profuse wedding-presents and a splendid trousseau.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880 Various
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The wedding-presents were marvels of beauty and wealth, and such an array as there was.
The Doctor's Daughter [pseud.] Vera
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On the strength of her wedding-presents Lydia became a gladiatrix in the arena of society.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880 Various
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