cupboard love
noun
a personal attachment that appears to be motivated by love but in fact stems from the hope of gain.
Origin of cupboard love
First recorded in 1750–60
OTHER WORDS FROM cupboard love
cupboard lover, nounWords nearby cupboard love
cup-holder,
cup-tied,
cupbearer,
cupboard,
cupboard is bare, the,
cupboard love,
cupcake,
cupe,
cupel,
cupellation,
cupertino
Example sentences from the Web for cupboard love
There's cupboard-love, at any rate; but never mind, let's go and listen to this opera.
Sarah's School Friend |May BaldwinIs even then love for one's country but cupboard-love after all?
Kenelm Chillingly, Complete |Edward Bulwer-Lytton
British Dictionary definitions for cupboard love
cupboard love
noun
a show of love inspired only by some selfish or greedy motive