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

A man whose own marriages had proved something of a trial, he was a staunch advocate of trial marriage.

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 are not talking of trial marriage," he explained.

From Time Magazine Archive

In Scotland there was indeed a sort of trial marriage, known as "handfasting," by which the parties might live together for a year and a day and then continue as married or separate.

From The Age of the Reformation by Smith, Preserved