Crossword-Solution: DOWRIES
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Dowries | pl. | of Dowry |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| DOWRIES | anagram | ROWDIES, SOWEIRD, WEIRDOS |
We have 6 clues for the answer “DOWRIES”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Bridal figures? | 1 answer |
| Brides' bestowals | 1 answer |
| Brides' bounties | 1 answer |
| Brides' portions | 1 answer |
| Bridal goods | 2 answers |
| Start-up funds | 3 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TAERE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with DOWRIES (5)
She sold the little farm, and my sisters gave up their dowries, and with them their hopes of marriage, and they lived on bread and cabbage.
Their father was so poor that he could not afford to give them dowries, and as in that land no maid might marry without a dowry, so these three maidens could not wed the youths who loved them.
Surely, at this day, with us of Europe, the vantage of strength at sea (which is one of the principal dowries of this kingdom of Great Britain) is great; both because most of the kingdoms of Europe, are not merely inland, but girt with the sea most part of their compass; and because the wealth of both Indies seems in great part, but an accessory to the command of the seas.
Now, what is marriage? The union of two souls, and, what is possibly more romantic, the fusion of two dowries.
Marry, and you’ll grow a blockhead; you’ll calculate dowries; you’ll talk morality, public and religious; you’ll think young men immoral and dangerous; in short, you’ll become a social academician.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Chronicle, CrosSynergy, NYT, Three Across.
Used 5 times in crossword archives (1973–2016).