post-obit
Example Sentences
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‘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
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 Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)
Here misers may their bones inter In shrouds of neat post-obit paper; While, for their beirs, we've quicksilver, That, fast as heart can wish, will caper.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 528, January 7, 1832 by Various
It had never occurred to him that, by redeeming the post-obit bonds, Mountjoy would become capable of owning and enjoying any property that might be left to him.
From Mr. Scarborough's Family by Trollope, Anthony
What a thing that post-obit had turned out!
From Checkmate by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
