Definition of "shotgun wedding" []

• A wedding in which the bride is already pregnant. (noun)
• Any similarly reputedly forced partnership, between people or organizations. (noun)

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• "Looking at it in the splattered gleam of the station wagon’s headlights, while Tiny banged the trailer hitch into a shotgun wedding with the front bumper, Dortmunder said, “A lot of boats like this have funny names."