funeral parlour

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noun

a place where the dead are prepared for burial or cremationUsual US name: funeral home

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Fünen, funeral, funeral director, funeral home, funeralize, funeral parlour, funeral pie, funerary, funereal, funest, fun fair

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Yet even after the funeral protest, de Blasio was booed and heckled while addressing a new class of recruits as well.
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Those who are not working on Sunday will almost certainly attend the funeral for Liu.
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The truest words at the funeral were those of young Jaden, as quoted by the governor.
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Castro actually flew up to Montreal to be a pallbearer at the 2000 funeral of a beloved Canadian Prime Minister, Pierre Trudeau.
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As far as he is concerned, they're preparing his obituary and he doesn't care to attend the funeral.
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He had his beautiful robe under him (for it was summer), and was preparing for his funeral oration.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
When the funeral was over, and they returned to their desolate home, at the sight of the empty cradle Ramona broke down.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
The wind is howling, and the rain is pelting against the parlour windows of the Banking-house, whose blinds are drawn close down.
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He just got a good holt–a shore enough diamond hitch–on that thirst-parlour dawg, and chawed.
Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher|Eleanor Gates
When the last scarlo is burned out a funeral march is played and all disperse to their homes.
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