English Dictionary

penny wedding

名詞

スコットランド英語 慣用表現 廃用

(Scotland, obsolete, idiomatic) A wedding at which the guests contribute payments to help cover the cost of the event and to benefit the newly-married couple.

日本語の意味

スコットランドで使われた古い慣用表現で、結婚式においてゲストが金銭を寄付し、その費用が結婚式の経費や新婚夫婦の生活援助に充てられる形式の結婚式

At her grandmother's request, they organized a penny wedding so neighbors could chip in to cover the reception and give the newlyweds a financial start.

祖母の頼みで、彼らは招待客が少額ずつ支払って披露宴の費用を分担し新婚夫婦の生活の助けになるような結婚式を開いた。

意味（1）

(Scotland, obsolete, idiomatic) A wedding at which the guests contribute payments to help cover the cost of the event and to benefit the newly-married couple.

Vera true, vera true—we'll have a' to pay, I doubt, less or mair—a sort of penny-wedding it will prove, where all men contribute to the young folk's maintenance, that they may not have just four bare legs in a bed together.

penny weddings （ plural ）