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A forced marriage, usually when the bride is pregnant. It derives from the alleged old southern custom of pursuading the groom to marry the pregnant bride at gunpoint, hence, "shotgun wedding".

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a shot gun marriage is a situation where two people are forced to marry because of the occurrence of pregnancy

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