post-obit
Example Sentences
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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 MacDonald, George
My first post-obit was cashed by his worthy father.
From Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience by Lever, Charles James
What a thing that post-obit had turned out!
From Checkmate by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
By bill or by bond, by living usury, or by post-obit liquidation, by all the means that private friends or public offices could supply, the sinews of war would have been forthcoming.
From Tancred Or, The New Crusade by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
‘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
