A shotgun wedding is a wedding arranged in response to a pregnancy. The phrase comes from the figurative imagining that the relatives of the pregnant bride threaten the reluctant male groom with a shotgun in order to ensure that he marries the woman.
A shotgun wedding is a wedding arranged in response to a pregnancy. The phrase comes from the figurative imagining that the relatives of the pregnant bride threaten the reluctant male groom with a shotgun in order to ensure that he marries the woman.
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