"The queer little event that disturbed two brides."  From The Children's Newspaper, 1930.

"Marriage is not to be considered seriously except when a gold mine with digging facilities appears on the horizon."  From the Bombay Sunday Chronicle, 1944.  See The Collected Lost Meanings of Wedlock.

"Wedlock need not end in deadlock."  From the Bombay Sunday Chronicle, 1953.  See The Collected Lost Meanings of Wedlock.

From Daily Mirror, 1917.   See The Collected Lost Meanings of Wedlock.

From Thresholds to Adult Living by Hazel Thompson Craig, 1962.

From Basic Goals in Spelling 8, Teacher's Edition by Kottmeyer & Ware, 1964.  See The Collected Lost Meanings of Wedlock.

From Armour Institute of Technology's 1925 yearbook.

From Thresholds to Adult Living by Hazel Thompson Craig, 1962.

"'Bridegroom' a woman."  From the Duluth Evening Herald, 1906.

"Father came in and took one look and said: 'Not for Mine!  I won't stand for any Puss Williow being grafted on to your Family Tree."  From Ade's Fables by George Ade, 1914.  See The Collected Lost Meanings of Wedlock.

Fake news: "Is marriage on the way out?  'Definitely' says some sociologists."  From The Australian Women's Weekly, 1968.  See The Collected Lost Meanings of Wedlock.

"Marriage is too sacred for levity."  From the Duluth Herald, 1919.  See The Collected Lost Meanings of Wedlock.

From Amrita Bazar Patrika, 1965.

From Amrita Bazar Patrika, 1965.

From High Society: Hints on How to Attain, Relish, and Survive It by Fish, 1915.  See The Collected Lost Meanings of Wedlock.

From The Story of the Earliest Times by Barker, Grimm & Hughes and illustrated by Mary Alice Stoddard, 1936.

"Queer wedding."  From Watts Hospital School of Nursing's 1938 yearbook.  See The Collected Lost Meanings of Wedlock.