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Dunmow.

Used with reference to a tradition in Little Dunmow, Essex, according to which a flitch of bacon would be awarded by the priory to a couple who could swear after a year of marriage that they had never had an argument or regretted getting married.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

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noun
  1. Used with reference to a tradition in Little Dunmow, Essex, according to which a flitch of bacon would be awarded by the priory to a couple who could swear after a year of marriage that they had never had an argument or regretted getting married.

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name
  1. Both Great Dunmow and Little Dunmow; the former Dunmow railway station was in Great Dunmow.

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