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WOTD 2026-07-22: Boston marriage (en.wiktionary.org)

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Boston marriage n 🔊

(historical) A long-term monogamous relationship between two unmarried women, especially in New England between the 18th and early 20th centuries.

☞ On this day in 1893, Katharine Lee Bates, who was in a Boston marriage with Katharine Coman, summited Pikes Peak and was inspired to write “America the Beautiful”.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Word_of_the_day/2026/July_22

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