undertaker's establishment

Example Sentences

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Oliver’s transit from the workhouse to an undertaker’s establishment to Fagin’s hide-out, spread across eight chapters in the Dickens, takes what seems like a blink of an eye here.

From New York Times • May 4, 2023

As for golf—that is a prelude to senility, or the antechamber to an undertaker's establishment.

From Unicorns by Huneker, James

As he left the undertaker’s establishment the crowd gave a slight cheer, but Mr. Gubb walked hurriedly toward the jail.

From Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective by Irvin, Rea

That evening she hurried home, and had tea with her mother; then, taking little Dick between them, they went to the undertaker's establishment to be present at the funeral of Miss Jennings.

From For Gold or Soul? The Story of a Great Department Store by Sheldon, Lurana W.

I ran about that summer, with a gang of fellow adolescents; our headquarters, strange to say, being the front room and outside steps of an undertaker's establishment.

From Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative by Kemp, Harry