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death's-head

American  
[deths-hed] / ˈdɛθsˌhɛd /

noun

  1. a human skull, especially as a symbol of mortality.


death's-head British  

noun

  1. a human skull or a representation of one

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of death's-head

First recorded in 1590–1600

Example Sentences

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And the reason I made reference to the Death's Head Regiment is that it was very clearly spelled out what happened.

From Time Magazine Archive

Tuesday from Death's Head Beach in the town of Nagua, about 110 miles north of the capital of Santo Domingo.

From Time Magazine Archive

A telegram from Wilhelm II at Doorn sent the onetime Crown Prince speeding to Neudeck, dressed in his Wartime uniform as an officer of the Imperial Death's Head Hussars.

From Time Magazine Archive

People of a morose disposition Take the Death's Head.

From The Complete Book of Cheese by Brown, Robert Carlton

I do not say that Death's Head Hussars will be patrolling our highways.

From New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 2, May, 1915 April-September, 1915 by Various

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