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

What a thing that post-obit had turned out!

From Checkmate by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan

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

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)

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