TRIAL MARRIAGE
noun
- A marriage that lasted fewer than five years.
- A marriage greater than five years, but that was intended as a warm-up.
Usage:
- My dress is ivory this time. I wore white at my trial marriage.
- Did you hear? Katie Holmes is ending her trial marriage to Tom Cruise.
- “Have you been married before?” “Well, yes, technically, but it was really more of a trial marriage.”