dunmow

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Noun

1. Used with reference to a tradition in {{w|Little Dunmow}}, Essex, according to which a [[flitch]] of [[bacon]] would be awarded by the priory to a couple who could swear after a year of [[marriage]] that they had never had an argument or regretted getting married.

Proper noun

1. Both {{l|en|Great Dunmow}} and {{l|en|Little Dunmow}}; the former {{w|Dunmow railway station}} was in Great Dunmow.

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