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- noun Alternative form of
child bride .
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Examples
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Yet, Fawziya is not the first Yemeni child-bride, nor is she to be the last.
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Yet on September 11th, for Fawziya Abdullah Youssef (a 12-year-old who should have been a flower girl instead of a child-bride) life ended – awash in pain and blood.
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Her face, body, and barefoot-ness express innocence but her justifiably wary voice and skittish movements confirm that she's not the malleable, available for the taking child-bride her husband thinks he's getting.
James Scarborough: Tennessee Williams' Baby Doll at the Elephant Theatre Company in Hollywood James Scarborough 2012
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Yet for Fawziya Abdullah Youssef, a 12-year-old Yemeni girl who should have been a flower girl instead of a child-bride, life ended at this young age – awash in pain and blood.
The Cause – Help Equality Now make a difference | Can't Stop the Serenity 2010
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Her face, body, and barefoot-ness express innocence but her justifiably wary voice and skittish movements confirm that she's not the malleable, available for the taking child-bride her husband thinks he's getting.
James Scarborough: Tennessee Williams' Baby Doll at the Elephant Theatre Company in Hollywood James Scarborough 2012
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"After Abraham buried me," McBee writes in the caption to the work, which is expressed in the voice of his protagonist, Sarah, "he sent to his family in Haran for a child-bride for Isaac."
Menachem Wecker: Was Abraham Misogynistic? Menachem Wecker 2010
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He bought his entire party of groomsmen custom Armani tuxes for his wedding to the child-bride.
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But he wanted to throw a party for his child-bride, and he arranged to have the entire expense paid for with his impressive collection of air miles.
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This pinnacle of 9th-century virtue wasn't going to take his inherited riches and child-bride lying down!
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This pinnacle of 9th-century virtue wasn't going to take his inherited riches and child-bride lying down!
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