death's-head
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of death's-head
First recorded in 1590–1600
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
You can lay out the best I have—the one of the Death's Head Hussars, with all my stars and medals.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, August 15, 1917 by Various
In one, the Death’s Head, the violet color of the side stripes certainly renders the insect less conspicuous among the flowers of the potato, on which it feeds.
From A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. by Jordan, David Starr
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