post-obit
Example Sentences
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As soon as the post-obit and the insurance policy are in this office, Mr. Hine, your first quarter's income is paid into your bank.
From Running Water by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
I won't leave the place till I've set things right—not if I've got to give him a post-obit for five thousand—I won't!—Nobody there?
From Stephen Archer and Other Tales by George MacDonald
Here, wealthy misers to inter, We've shrouds of neat post-obit paper; While, for their heirs, we've _quick_silver, That, fast as they can wish, will caper.
From The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes by William Michael Rossetti
Far from seeking revenge, the worst defaulter I ever had dealings with can not deny that I am always willing to accept a good post-obit.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. by Various
‘I should have imputed these debts to mere heedless extravagance, like other people’s—like my own, if you please—save for your own words, and for finding you capable of such treachery as borrowing on a post-obit.’
From Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster by Charlotte Mary Yonge
