Pottersfield

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of potter's field. alt-of, alternative

    "In every town in America, there is what is called the Pottersfield, in which the bodies of strangers and the very poorest class of society are buried, and the supply for the dissecting rooms is obtained almost wholly from those pottersfields."

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common gravepauper's grave

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"In every town in America, there is what is called the Pottersfield, in which the bodies of strangers and the very poorest class of society are buried, and the supply for the dissecting rooms is obtained almost wholly from those pottersfields."

Etymology

From potter + -s- + field.

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