tombstone
Origin of tombstone
Examples from the Web for tombstone
Contemporary Examples of tombstone
“What I would really like to put on my tombstone is that I was part of my time,” he says.
“The NTC pretends to govern, but it doesn't have any real power in the interior,” Tombstone tells him.
This Sexy Thriller Is Just the Document the Benghazi Commission NeedsChristopher Dickey
September 15, 2014
The problem gets occasional publicity when a rock star steps in and buys a tombstone for a blues great.
Or you could have a tombstone that reads “Here does not lie Ann Patchett.”
At a recent press conference, Tzipi Livni nailed a quote rich enough to perhaps one day be emblazoned on her tombstone.
Historical Examples of tombstone
Her blessing was better than a holy verse upon the tombstone.
The White Old Maid (From "Twice Told Tales")Nathaniel Hawthorne
The lantern, set on a tombstone beside them, blinked in a snowy gust.
Quaint CourtshipsVarious
They rose from the tombstone, and were soon hidden in the shadow of a pile of planks.
The Fortune of the RougonsEmile Zola
For a long time the tombstone particularly engaged their attention.
The Fortune of the RougonsEmile Zola
"You'll see, this tombstone will bring us misfortune," she added.
The Fortune of the RougonsEmile Zola
tombstone
- another word for gravestone
Tombstone
- a town in the US, in Arizona: scene of the gunfight at the OK Corral in 1881. Pop: 1547 (2003 est)
Word Origin and History for tombstone
1560s, originally the flat stone atop a grave (or the lid of a stone coffin); from tomb + stone (n.). Meaning "gravestone, headstone" is attested from 1711. The city in Arizona, U.S., said to have been named by prospector Ed Schieffelin, who found silver there in 1877 after being told all he would find there was his tombstone.