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

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Young spoke flamboyantly of the benefits�notably of "revolutionary" improvement in service�which a "trial marriage" between Central and C. & O. would bring to both partners.

From Time Magazine Archive

I imagine trial marriage comes pretty close to it.

From Harriet and the Piper by Norris, Kathleen Thompson