love-cum-arranged marriage
n.— «So we have the bold, the beautiful and the handsome asserting that a love-cum-arranged marriage is more stable than an arranged one.» —“What’s the right choice baby?” by Shambhu Sahu Times of India Aug. 11, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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