gravedigger
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Origin of gravedigger
Example Sentences
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This time, Karinchak was the Gravedigger, burying the Mariners’ last, best — and only — chance.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 1, 2023
And as the Gravedigger, Van Norden really does seem to be digging a hole in the earth even when delivering what can’t help sounding today like Beckettian retorts.
From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2022
Mr. Breslin called his enterprising technique “the Gravedigger Theory of news coverage,” and it became his signature approach to column-writing.
From Washington Post • Mar. 19, 2017
Gravedigger: You lie out on't, sir, and therefore it is not yours: for my part, I do not lie in't, and yet it is mine.
From BBC • Jan. 16, 2013
Or, more likely, that Finnegan had a sister called the Gravedigger.
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
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