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  • death make no promise
    [i.e. appointment] n. phr.death can strike at any time. <Nassau>
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  • death bird
    [see quot.] n. 1. a bird, Antrostomus carolensis: 1880 Death bird. . .My guide stated that a few months before,
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  • dead skin
    [from resemblance to dead human skin?] n. the white layer under the peel of citrus fruits. = DEAD MAN
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  • dead-people flowers
    [cf. FLOWERS flower; from use on graves] n. 1. bougainvillea. 2. oleander. 3. baby's breath. 4. a plant with purple flowers
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  • dead-people bird
    [said to inhabit cemeteries; it is an omen of a death in the family for one to land in the
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  • dead-man-strength
    [from supposed power to raise the dead, or from a form like FOUR-MAN-STRENGTH plant sp.; cf. also Brit. dial. North
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  • dead-man-get-up
    [alluding to efficacy] n. a medicinal plant.
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  • dead man
    [cf. nautical dead men rope ends hanging over the side of a boat DSS] n. 1. mucus running from the
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  • dead limb
    [Car.] n. a fruit-tree branch which does not bear although it may be alive. (Mayag., White)
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  • dead house
    [Atlantic; Brit. dial. North idem EDD] n. 1. a morgue: After that they take the dead to the dead house
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