shotgun wedding
Noun
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Noun
shotgun wedding (plural shotgun weddings)
- (idiomatic, slang) A wedding in which the bride is already pregnant.
- (idiomatic) Any similarly reputedly forced partnership, between people or organizations.
- German: Mussehe, Mussheirat, Musshochzeit; (more often expressed verbally:) sie mussten heiraten
- Italian: matrimonio riparatore
- Spanish: penalti, casarse de penalti
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