post-obit

Example Sentences

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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)

‘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 Yonge, Charlotte Mary

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

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