post-obit
Example Sentences
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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
What a thing that post-obit had turned out!
From Checkmate by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
My first post-obit was cashed by his worthy father.
From Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience by Lever, Charles James
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
‘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
