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Noun Concept
Categories: 20th century in England, Women in England, Social history of England, Human commodity auctions, Misogyny
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wife selling  wife selling in England  Smithfield bargain  Smithfield bargains  wife-selling
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Wife selling in England was a way of ending an unsatisfactory marriage that probably began in the late 17th century, when divorce was a practical impossibility for all but the very wealthiest. Wikipedia
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English custom
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Wife selling in England was a way of ending an unsatisfactory marriage that probably began in the late 17th century, when divorce was a practical impossibility for all but the very wealthiest. Wikipedia
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wife selling
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wife selling (English custom)
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wife selling in England
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Smithfield bargain, Smithfield bargains, wife-selling (English custom), Wife auction, Wife selling in England

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