post-obit
Example Sentences
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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 Rossetti, William Michael
It has long been my intention to leave behind me my own Memoirs, as a post-obit for my family—a wise intention no doubt, and one which it is not very prudent to procrastinate.
From A Publisher and His Friends Memoir and Correspondence of John Murray; with an Account of the Origin and Progress of the House, 1768-1843 by Smiles, Samuel
What a thing that post-obit had turned out!
From Checkmate by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
I wonder how long an interval there was between the two; it would be a pretty calculation for a post-obit.
From The Perpetual Curate by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)
My first post-obit was cashed by his worthy father.
From Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience by Lever, Charles James
