| 单词 | iron wedding |
| 释义 | > as lemmasiron wedding iron wedding n. [compare German eiserne Hochzeit, with reference to various wedding anniversaries (1833 or earlier)] (a) the joining of two places by means of a railway line (now historical); (b) the sixth anniversary of a wedding; (also) the fifteenth, sixty-fifth, or seventieth anniversary of a wedding (cf. iron jubilee n.) (now rare). ΚΠ 1867 Daily Miners' Reg. (Central City, Colorado) 5 Sept. Chicago rejoices in the ‘iron wedding’ between the fruitful fields of the Northwest and the iron track of Commerce. 1874 Sydney Morning Herald 4 July 5/6 Busby, of Trenton, celebrated his ‘iron wedding’ one day last week. 1883 Williamstown (Victoria) Chron. 16 June The social advantages, mercantile convenience and political significance of the union of the two colonies by the iron wedding can hardly be over-estimated. 1889 J. A. Logan Home Man. 53 The fifth anniversary is dubbed the wooden wedding... One year after the marriage is celebrated by the iron wedding. 1928 Fitchburg (Mass.) Sentinel 15 June 18 They receive a personal letter from the chief executive, accompanied..by a gift of..25 marks in the case of diamond or iron weddings. 1994 C. A. Schwantes Hard Traveling i. i. 5/1 The ‘iron wedding’ also represented the juxtaposition of city and country. < as lemmas |
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