honeyweek

plural honeyweeks

1. rareA honeymoon lasting a week.First known use 1721

   We spent our “honeyweek” in Sródborów near Warsaw, a fashionable resort at the time. With my marriage, I had taken upon myself the responsibility of caring for Fania’s family.

   2000, Szymon Rogoziński, edited by Andrew Firestone, My Fortunate Life, Malvern East, Vic.: Bookaburra, →ISBN, page 75

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   Osb[orne] Well, I think I shall cut the honeymoon down to a honeyweek. Six days, with one to rest in, is about my figure. [Gapes.] / Mrs. L[acy] Promise me one thing, Jack: promise to make Flora happy.

   1861, Frank B[oott] Goodrich, “Act III.”, in Flirtation, and What Comes of It. A Comedy in Five Acts., New York, N.Y.: Rudd & Carleton, […], →OCLC, page 45

   Moreover, with the utmost magnanimity her bridegroom took her at her ardent entreaty for a honeyweek to Tynemouth, replenishing her wardrobe lavishly for the occasion, and altogether behaving as a fond and conventional husband should do.

   1897, Algernon Gissing, “Cutting the Knot”, in The Scholar of Bygate: A Tale […], volume II, London: Hutchinson & Co. […], →OCLC, page 95