Deadcart
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A cart for transporting the bodies of the dead in times of plague. historical
"It shuddered over the tortures of the Provost, breathed forth its profound execrations against the barbarities of Cunningham, and the avarice of Loring, and with eyes of horror, followed the deadcart, daily loaded with victims[…]"
Example
More examples"It shuddered over the tortures of the Provost, breathed forth its profound execrations against the barbarities of Cunningham, and the avarice of Loring, and with eyes of horror, followed the deadcart, daily loaded with victims[…]"
Etymology
From dead + cart.
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