yoke

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yoke - Devil's Dictionary definition

n. An implement, madam, to whose Latin name, _jugum_, we owe one of the most illuminating words in our language -- a word that defines the matrimonial situation with precision, point and poignancy. A thousand apologies for withholding it.

yoke - Foolish Dictionary definition

The inheritance of the hen-pecked and the burden of the married.