Usually means: Long-term partnership between women.
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  1. Boston marriage: Merriam-Webster
  2. Boston marriage: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. Boston marriage: Wiktionary
  4. Boston marriage: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. Boston marriage: Dictionary.com
  6. Boston Marriage (play), Boston Marriage, Boston marriage: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Boston marriage: TheFreeDictionary.com
  8. Boston marriage: Merriam-Webster

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  1. Boston marriage: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Boston marriage)

noun:  (historical) A long-term monogamous relationship between two unmarried women, especially in New England between the 18th and early 20th centuries.

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