knobstick wedding

knobstick wedding

A hasty (and sometimes forced) marriage due to the bride's pregnancy. Primarily heard in UK. If Lady Anne is indeed pregnant, there will need to be a knobstick wedding at once.
See also: wedding
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • a shotgun wedding
  • shotgun wedding
  • a shotgun wedding/marriage
  • shotgun marriage
  • moonlight flit
  • go gathering orange blossoms
  • it's all go
  • be all go
  • be expecting
  • the rabbit died