Idiom
penny wedding
Meaning
A wedding at which the guests contribute payments in order to fund the event and to benefit the newly-married couple.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“They saved money by hosting a traditional penny wedding.”
“To help the young couple start their lives together, the community organized a penny wedding where every guest contributed to the costs.”
“In the rural traditions of the past, a penny wedding served as both a festive celebration of marriage and a practical means of providing the newlyweds with a modest financial foundation.”
Examples
simple
“They saved money by hosting a traditional penny wedding.”
contextual
“To help the young couple start their lives together, the community organized a penny wedding where every guest contributed to the costs.”
complex
“In the rural traditions of the past, a penny wedding served as both a festive celebration of marriage and a practical means of providing the newlyweds with a modest financial foundation.”
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