wedlock is a padlock

wedlock is a padlock

1678 J. RAY English Proverbs (ed. 2) 56 Wedlock is a padlock.

1821 BYRON Don Juan (1857) v. clviii. Thus in the East they are extremely strict, And wedlock and a padlock mean the same.

1950 C. E. VULLIAMY Henry Plumdew 211 Wedlock is a padlock, says our proverb.


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