headstone
[hed-stohn]
Origin of headstone
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Contemporary Examples
“Good bye boys, I die a true American,” were his last words, according to the headstone.
Donations flowed in from around the world, and Spann finally got a headstone—30 years after he died.
But the sight of that headstone made his existence more real to me, made me a little more humble and oddly very joyful.
She was buried at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery on Sept. 16, 2008, with a headstone saying, “Queen of Pin-Ups.”
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On his headstone is inscribed a simple, ineradicable fact: “Here Lies Eric Arthur Blair.”
Historical Examples
The headstone, set up by the parson, bore the words "Peccator Maximus."
Tiverton TalesAlice Brown
We piled after Ase, who'd made a dash to get to the headstone first.
Shorty McCabeSewell Ford
Crombie had seen two names on a headstone in the kirkyard of Kilgower.
Allison BainMargaret Murray Robertson
I want to put up his headstone for him, and I know just what lines are going to be put on the stone.
Still JimHonor Willsie Morrow
There was a headstone there, but the snow was so deep the engineer didn't see it.
Maw's VacationEmerson Hough
headstone
- a memorial stone at the head of a grave
- architect another name for keystone
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Word Origin and History for headstone
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