See bride's maid in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "2002 June 5, Ron Roberson, Middletown Pacemakers: The Story of an Ohio Hot Rod Club, Arcadia Publishing, →ISBN:",
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"ref": "2004 March, Hannah R. Goodman, My Sister's Wedding, page 5:",
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"ref": "2005 January 28, Myrtle Blabey Neufeld, Directed Paths, 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 40:",
"text": "Stan’s wife, Merle, loaned me her wedding dress for my “something borrowed.” Viola served as bride’s maid and my only attendant.",
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"ref": "2007 April, Alice Monterio, Saved by Grace, Xulon Press, →ISBN, page 150:",
"text": "Okay, I finally made my decision: Derry and Penney would be my bride’s maids and Sophie, my maid of honor. / Everything seemed to be falling into place until controversy started about what kind of attire the bride’s maids would wear. […] Between the stress of her input and the guilt of not having my sisters in the wedding, I concluded that I did not want to have bride’s maids at all.",
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"ref": "2008 November 20, Dave Parker, Big Is Beautiful, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 66:",
"text": "She was angry that I did not ask her to be my maid of honor. / But I gave her a chance to be a bride’s maid in a red color.",
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"ref": "2010 October 30, Georgette G. Lee, Layers of Living: A Heartwarming Memoir of Struggle, Growth, and Triumph, Xlibris, →ISBN, pages 50, 84:",
"text": "My youngest sister, Wendy, was my maid of honor and Shan and Jess (Tess’s sisters) were my bride’s maids. […] My niece, Janielle, functioned as maid-of-honor, and my Barbadian god daughter, Leah, my lone bride’s maid.",
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"ref": "2010 December 23, Cheryl Kennedy, The Year Off, Dorrance Publishing, →ISBN, page 8:",
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"ref": "2011 September, Bernice S. Dyson, Move on: Live Laugh Love Again, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 141:",
"text": "I shopped around for a shoe store that would dye my maid of honor and bride’s maid shoes to match their gowns.",
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"ref": "2011 December 15, Chapters of Our Lives, Xlibris, →ISBN, page 116:",
"text": "“I would love to! I am so happy you chose me! It’s exciting! I have never been a bride’s maid. When is the wedding?”",
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"ref": "2012 January 13, Carolyn Robinson Sommers, Betrayed by Destiny, Xlibris, →ISBN, page 357:",
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"ref": "2012 August 28, Ronald Lee Christopher, Coming of the Storm Clouds, Xlibris, →ISBN:",
"text": "They would walk together, hand in hand, to the old wooden church so they could be the bride’s maid and the best man for Mary and William.",
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"ref": "2012 August 30, Pamela Hartshorne, Time's Echo, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN, page 155:",
"text": "Meg is going to put hers under her pillow tonight and dream of her future husband. I did the same when I was a bride’s maid.",
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"ref": "2012 September 7, Savitri L. Bess, The Sophia Secrets, Balboa Press, →ISBN, page 271:",
"text": "Lori stood next to me as my bride’s maid. Adam’s old friend Peter, […] , was the best man.",
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"ref": "2013 February 7, Ree Collins, Lies Deceit and an Innocent Man, iUniverse, page 269:",
"text": "I have already told you I don’t want a bride’s maid. I just want a simple wedding and I know mum and Tess will want to take over our wedding.",
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"ref": "2014 May, Anita Duckworth-Bradshaw, The Road to Discovery: Ultimate Personal Development, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 51:",
"text": "For instance, when I was nineteen years of age I got engaged to a lovely fella who later married my supposed bride’s maid or maid of honour—I was emotionally shattered but not destroyed.",
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"ref": "2014, Bridal Gown Shop Business Plan:",
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"ref": "2016 March 18, Glenn G. Tucker, The Education of Frank: A Story of WWII, AuthorHouse, →ISBN:",
"text": "At exactly 2:00 the organist started playing Wagner's Wedding March and Clara took Ernie's arm and slowly walked down the aisle, followed at regular intervals by the ushers and bride's maids.",
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"text": "My youngest sister, Wendy, was my maid of honor and Shan and Jess (Tess’s sisters) were my bride’s maids. […] My niece, Janielle, functioned as maid-of-honor, and my Barbadian god daughter, Leah, my lone bride’s maid.",
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"ref": "2011 December 15, Chapters of Our Lives, Xlibris, →ISBN, page 116:",
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"type": "quote"
},
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"ref": "2012 August 28, Ronald Lee Christopher, Coming of the Storm Clouds, Xlibris, →ISBN:",
"text": "They would walk together, hand in hand, to the old wooden church so they could be the bride’s maid and the best man for Mary and William.",
"type": "quote"
},
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"ref": "2012 August 30, Pamela Hartshorne, Time's Echo, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN, page 155:",
"text": "Meg is going to put hers under her pillow tonight and dream of her future husband. I did the same when I was a bride’s maid.",
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"text": "Lori stood next to me as my bride’s maid. Adam’s old friend Peter, […] , was the best man.",
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"ref": "2013 February 7, Ree Collins, Lies Deceit and an Innocent Man, iUniverse, page 269:",
"text": "I have already told you I don’t want a bride’s maid. I just want a simple wedding and I know mum and Tess will want to take over our wedding.",
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},
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"ref": "2014 May, Anita Duckworth-Bradshaw, The Road to Discovery: Ultimate Personal Development, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 51:",
"text": "For instance, when I was nineteen years of age I got engaged to a lovely fella who later married my supposed bride’s maid or maid of honour—I was emotionally shattered but not destroyed.",
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"text": "At exactly 2:00 the organist started playing Wagner's Wedding March and Clara took Ernie's arm and slowly walked down the aisle, followed at regular intervals by the ushers and bride's maids.",
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