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- noun Alternative spelling of
bride price .
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Examples
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Consider cattle as bride-price among the Masai, sacred cattle in India, or the Táin Bó Cúailnge otherwise known as the Cooley Cattle Raid.
Gregory Cochran: The 10,000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution Gregory Cochran 2010
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The girl will not fetch a bride-price, and neither will her sisters or her cousins, because the mere suspicion of independent feeling and female action in their family taints them too.
Nomad Ayaan Hirsi Ali 2010
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Consider cattle as bride-price among the Masai, sacred cattle in India, or the Táin Bó Cúailnge otherwise known as the Cooley Cattle Raid.
Gregory Cochran: The 10,000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution Gregory Cochran 2010
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Consider cattle as bride-price among the Masai, sacred cattle in India, or the Táin Bó Cúailnge otherwise known as the Cooley Cattle Raid.
Gregory Cochran: What Do Cows' Milk And Thicker Skulls Have In Common? Gregory Cochran 2010
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The boy's father, afraid that the marriage would not last long and that the high bride-price would be demanded once the bride and her family found out, forced him to leave Roya waiting.
Setareh Sabety: Working Class and Female in Iran Setareh Sabety 2010
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The girl will not fetch a bride-price, and neither will her sisters or her cousins, because the mere suspicion of independent feeling and female action in their family taints them too.
Nomad Ayaan Hirsi Ali 2010
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He wants her, she wants him, and since Jacob is broke and can't pay the bride-price, "How about I work for you for seven years, after which Rachael and I will marry?"
John R. Coats: Five Human Lessons from Genesis That Still Apply Today John R. Coats 2010
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The boy's father, afraid that the marriage would not last long and that the high bride-price would be demanded once the bride and her family found out, forced him to leave Roya waiting.
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The boy's father, afraid that the marriage would not last long and that the high bride-price would be demanded once the bride and her family found out, forced him to leave Roya waiting.
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Consider cattle as bride-price among the Masai, sacred cattle in India, or the Táin Bó Cúailnge otherwise known as the Cooley Cattle Raid.
Gregory Cochran: What Do Cows' Milk And Thicker Skulls Have In Common? Gregory Cochran 2010
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