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 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

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