gravedigger
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Origin of gravedigger
Example Sentences
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Our Gravedigger speaks to us, and to the moon, about her heart’s desire in charming cockney rhyming slang.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026
This time, Karinchak was the Gravedigger, burying the Mariners’ last, best — and only — chance.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 1, 2023
Mr. Breslin called his enterprising technique “the Gravedigger Theory of news coverage,” and it became his signature approach to column-writing.
From Washington Post • Mar. 19, 2017
Gravedigger: You lie out on't, sir, and therefore it is not yours: for my part, I do not lie in't, and yet it is mine.
From BBC • Jan. 16, 2013
How did she not have the Gravedigger on speed dial?
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
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