Meaning of make an honest woman | Babel Free

Definitions

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

idiomatic, informal, usually

Examples

“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.”

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