dead president
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of dead president
C20: from the pictures of various dead presidents that appear on US banknotes
Example Sentences
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One of the most prominent bosses, Jimmy Cherizier, a former cop known as Barbecue, on Monday led hundreds of followers to a commemoration of the dead president.
From Reuters ● Jul. 27, 2021
“Now, you’ve got Colombians. You’ve got these Haitian Americans. And a dead president of Haiti,” said Ralph Chevry, a board member of the Haiti Center for Socio Economic Policy in Port-au-Prince, the capital.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 9, 2021
Even the staggering attention recently paid to an otherwise less than overwhelming dead president, one George H.W.
From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2018
Everyone else goes to the Bad Place, including Christopher Columbus, every dead president except Lincoln and every deceased member of the Portland Trail Blazers.
From New York Times ● Sep. 18, 2016
Social life, whether it was the crowning of a May queen, the eulogy to a dead president, or an all-night dance, could be held nowhere else.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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