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n. - The state of being an unmarried man; The time of a man's life prior to marriage.

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  • His presence never failed to put her in the highest spirits, and his bachelorhood was her perennial joke.
  • Be it known that the Rev.Mr. Hayward was a man of a very level head, and that his bachelorhood was a matter of economy.
  • They never discussed their permanent bachelorhood.
  • It confirmed my bachelorhood for a good ten years.
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