deid
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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"The taxi driver said 'I thought you were deid'."
From BBC • Nov. 21, 2024
And no one would need concern themselves about the aliens popping by and finding that all the names on the lunar message were long deid.
From The Guardian • Jul. 13, 2013
Even over the true lovers, Fate stands from the first with a drawn sword; and the story ends with the 'jow of the deid bell' rather than with the wedding chimes.
From The Balladists Famous Scots Series by Geddie, John
Aye, aye,"—a big sigh came again convulsively,—"an' his faether not deid a month.
From 'Lizbeth of the Dale by MacGregor, Mary Esther Miller
It may be that the new religion will grow from the seed o' the deid Christianity; that I canna say.
From A Dominie in Doubt by Neill, Alexander Sutherland
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