post-obit
Example Sentences
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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 Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
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 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 George MacDonald
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 Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
I propose that you execute in my favor a post-obit on your uncle's life, giving me—well, we may have to wait a long time.
From Running Water by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
