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noun
A long-term monogamous relationship between two unmarried women, especially in New England between the 18th and early 20th centuries.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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History
Unknown, first used in late 19th century New England, and sometimes connected to The Bostonians (1885) by Henry James, which describes such a relationship.
