"I'll try to hold out for a handsome dowry, then."

King Edward had provided a handsome dowry from her husband's English lands following his death.

They all received a handsome dowry when they left the institution.

There also can be found that the old Prince gave Grushenka her freedom and a handsome dowry.

It was understood that she would marry no one but a white man, and that the father was willing to give her a handsome dowry on such a marriage.

It was not the first time his Irish friend had mentioned his sister's charms or indicated that she would receive a handsome dowry.

Couldn't her father afford to give her a handsome dowry?

Fionnuala was bound to receive a handsome dowry, if only to preserve her family honour.

Very good match, of course-woman of quality, handsome dowry, I daresay, excellent connections!

To think of the future means laying by half our income, provided we have only two children, to whom we are bound to give a fine education and a handsome dowry.