Shotgun wedding
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where one or both parties are forced into marriage due to an unplaned pregnancy
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A case of wife or death.
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A wedding that is forced into existence because of pregnancy.
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Where the parents of one or both people of a couple force them to marry due to pregnancy of the female part of the couple.
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A term for a forced marriage after an unexpected pregnancy.
Originating from when the father of the pregnant girl would force the babys daddy to marry his daughter at gunpoint. This gun was most likely a shotgun as many fathers in the United States were hunters. -
A marriage that is forced upon a couple usually by the parents of the bride due to either an unplanned pregnancy or pre-marital relations.
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(Idiom) where extenuating circumstances mean that for either honour or pressure from a family.
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to get married on the fly, unexpectedly, spur of the moment
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