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

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

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)

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 Smiles, Samuel

My first post-obit was cashed by his worthy father.

From Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience by Lever, Charles James