post-obit
Example Sentences
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What a thing that post-obit had turned out!
From Checkmate by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
It has long been my intention to leave behind me my own Memoirs, as a post-obit for my family—a wise intention no doubt, and one which it is not very prudent to procrastinate.
From A Publisher and His Friends Memoir and Correspondence of John Murray; with an Account of the Origin and Progress of the House, 1768-1843 by Samuel Smiles
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 A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
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 William Michael Rossetti
