- a variation of carcass.
carcase
Americannoun
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In a powerful speech, she said the "burnt carcase" of Grenfell Tower had revealed the "true face of Kensington" - poverty, malnutrition and a lack of care.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2017
Statistics from Defra show that household purchases of pork, beef, mutton and lamb carcase meat have halved since the late 70s.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 13, 2013
They looked in wonder at the carcase of the fell beast that lay there; and their steeds would not go near.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
We, retarding our healthy progress by all the gross weight of our maniac contempt of the refined idea: England striving vainly to compel her lumbersome carcase by the straining wings of conscience and desire.
From The Letters of Henry James (volume I) by Henry James
Let the gods of Olympus their revels prepare— By the aid of some pounds of inflammable air We'll visit them soon—and forsake this dull ball With coat, shoes and stockings, fat carcase and all!
From The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume II (of III) by Philip Freneau
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