trial marriage

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I’m also assuming this is a one-year trial marriage of the new coaching staff and the existing coach-killing quarterback.

From Chicago Tribune • Jan. 22, 2015

"We are not talking of trial marriage," he explained.

From Time Magazine Archive

The idea of trial marriage is nothing new; secular freethinkers have been proposing it for a number of years.

From Time Magazine Archive

During the first phase, which would, in effect, be a trial marriage, the young couple would be required to agree not to have children.

From Time Magazine Archive

We thought we believed in trial marriage, but we don't—we believe in trial separation!

From Why Marry? by Williams, Jesse Lynch