a marriage beginning with (resulting from) a shotgun wedding

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Definition of a marriage beginning with (resulting from) a shotgun wedding in English English dictionary

shotgun marriage

Others explained that a forced marriage was likely to end in an early divorce, so that the child would suffer more in a shotgun marriage than if born out of wedlock.

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a mar·riage be·gin·ning with (resulting from) a shot·gun wed·ding