graveclothes
Americanplural noun
Etymology
Origin of graveclothes
Example Sentences
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Out he comes, and if you look up at one end of the coffin he is leaving, you may see the graveclothes he wore when first he went to sleep.
From Woodland Tales by Seton, Ernest Thompson
Then the woman—for it was a woman—advanced slowly towards us, and as she came we saw that she was draped in graveclothes.
From Montezuma's Daughter by Haggard, Henry Rider
Art has no business with real graveclothes when she wants tragic drapery—has she?
From The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II by Kenyon, Frederic G. (Frederic George), Sir
The place is a tomb and it stinks of graveclothes.
From Youth Challenges by Kelland, Clarence Budington
Folding the graveclothes decently over the body, Luke prepared to depart.
From Rookwood by Ainsworth, William Harrison
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