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Definition

To marry (a woman), especially if there is an existing sexual relationship.

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In Context

  • "I thought about just asking Rosalyn to move in with me, but I decided it was time to make an honest woman out of her."
  • "the mother, Mr Jones, Mr Nightingale, and his love, stept into a hackney-coach, which conveyed them to Doctors' Commons; where Miss Nancy was, in vulgar language, soon made an honest woman, and the poor mother became […] one of the happiest of all human beings."